When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates..


Is From Headquarters worth your afternoon? Only if you have a soft spot for pre-Code era chatter and don't mind a mystery that forgets to be mysterious. If you want a gritty, logical puzzle, you are going to hate this. If you just want to hear people talk fast in suits and hats while standing around a crime scene, you'...
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"Is From Headquarters worth your afternoon? Only if you have a soft spot for pre-Code era chatter and don't mind a mystery that forgets to be mysterious. If you want a gritty, logical puzzle, you are going to hate this. If you just want to hear people talk fast in suits and hats while standing around a crime scene, you'll be fine.The whole thing feels like a stage play that got lost on its way to a soundstage. A guy ends up dead—a guy nobody really likes, which is a trope as old as time—and sudde..."
Robert N. Lee, Peter Milne
United States
Drama, Mystery

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