"Bantam edition published June 1957"--Title page verso

"The name is Archer--Lew Archer. I make my living wearing a gun, and poking a hard nose into other people's troubles. This one started with a wild-eyed guy trying to slug his way into a private beach club after a missing blonde ..."--Cover

"Like I said, I'm Archer--this time I was looking for a greedy little dame who was taking a short-cut to a mink coat and a Jaguar. I crashed some of the plushest gates in Hollywood and met some expensive heels. But a hood is still a hood even in a $350 suit--and when he kills it's still murder ..."--Back cover

"Third edition, first printing"--Bruccoli

"A Lew Archer novel."

Bruccoli, M.J. Ross Macdonald/Kenneth Millar,,A 12.3.a

Lew Archer hunts a killer through the glittering, corrupt world of the Hollywood-Las Vegas axis -- crime, violence, gambling, male and female sex for sale -- a savage, luxurious jungle.

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