Tag: Mystery

Dance With The Dead

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Private Eye say: Lady with too fancy front sometimes plain murder behind

From the back:

Bottoms Up

There were twelve of them. Bottoms, that is. Au naturale. The most eye-wrecking collection of derrières ever to pop out of a printed page. The “Wow” pin-up girls… one for each month of the year. No faces, no names, not even swaddling clothes — just September, October, December, like that.

Man, you should have seen January. Every inch a torrid zone. And wouldn’t you know I’d get to work through the whole calender? Well, they don’t call me Shell Scott for nothing. Nosirree. I get paid for this kind of work. One of these luscious young pin-ups had the clue to a headline murder right on her little old back page. Four freckles. You think looking for a needle in a haystack is something?

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Blood On Biscayne Bay

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From the back:

Once Upon A Time Mike Shayne Met Three Little Blondes…

One, was a lonely, long-legged millionaire’s wife with platinum hair and a supple rounded body that craved attention. She was made for love.

Two, was a lovely young bride with an innocent past and a guilty secret. She was made for blackmail.

Three, was a tall beauty with a taste for expensive perfume, fine gowns and money. She was made for murder…

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