Hardcover. NY, William Morrow & Co, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, gray cloth covers in a worn, chipped dust jacket. A Hollywood blonde is murdered and Doug Selby investigates. Local politics in a city that resembles Ventura; one of the characters is a shady lawyer from LA who has moved to Ventura to retire, but can't stay out of the game.
