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conversations.value: Give me a plot for a book about Max, Varkas, Elder entitled Guilty Bystander.
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conversations.value: Guilty Bystander: Max Thursday is an alcoholic ex-cop.\nThe only job he can find is as a house detective at his pal Smitty's hotel.\nEx-wife Georgia comes to him in a panic.\nTheir son Jeff is missing and so is her brother Fred.\nShe didn't go to the police after being warned not to by dr Elder, a business acquaintance of Fred's.\nThe drunken Max tries to confront dr Elder, but is knocked cold.\nHe wakes up in jail to learn that Elder has been killed and he, Max, is the prime suspect.\nGeorgia gives him an alibi, though, so Max is let out.\nNow sober, Max learns that the doctor was involved in a diamond smuggling operation with Varkas, a known criminal.\nHe learns from Varkas' helpful moll, Angel, that the gangster's men are holding Fred hostage.\nMax is shot by Varkas' thugs.\nWhen he recovers, Varkas is dead, and Max finally realizes that it's his old friend Smitty who's behind the whole scheme.\nJeff and Fred and rescued and a grateful Georgia welcomes them and Max back.