Westlakes' 1960 debut. BC:"Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man's mistress. Now she was a corpse. And every cop in New York City was hunting for the two-bit punk accused of putting a knife in her. But the punk was innocent. He'd been set up to take the fall by some cutie who was too clever by half. My job? Find that cutie-before the cutie found me." Sounds like just another PI tale but the investigator,George "Clay" Clayton, is a mob enforcer trying to protect his boss. Don't know personally but not a very convincing picture of life in the syndicate. Good read though with a great ending. TPB

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