The Efficiency Expert
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A productivity expert often overlooked by Burroughs fans is a crunching story about Jimmy Torrence, a leading college graduate in Chicago after World War I, a young Jimmy Torrence who accidentally rubs the shoulders of a gangster and is framed for murder. Jimmy Torrence was a college hero. He is a boxer champion, a star of the baseball team, and one of the most popular guys on campus. After graduation, Jimmy refuses the help of his rich father, who is determined to become his own person. Unable to find a "respectable" job, she barely scratches her life as a waitress, rubbing her shoulders through Chicago's underworld. When the right job is revealed, shadow characters from his past return to follow him – and Jimmy finds himself framed for a murder charge.
