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Charlie's Vigorish
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Charlie's Vigorish

Written by Brian Garfield

Charlie Dark's brother was a fairly successful building contractor who had fallen on a string of bad luck and foolishly went to a loan shark. When the brother is unable to repay in time, an example was made of him leaving him seriously injured in the hospital. Dark decides he needs to get a bit of revenge on his brother's behalf.
Originally in EQMM, Aug 1978. It is the 4th story in the collection Checkpoint Charlie and 2nd in the collection Tales of Espionage.