Alien and three more stories

Excerpt: The telephone rang and the lieutenant of police Timothy McDowell grunted. He put down his magazine, and hastily covered the partially-clad damsel on the front cover before he answered the ringing phone. McDowell, he grunted. McDowell, came the voice in his ear. I think ye'd better come over here. What's up? Been a riot at McCarthy's on Boylston Street.