Author: PRATHER, RICHARD S.
Title: Three's a Shroud
Description: New York, Gold Medal / Fawcett. 1958, 2nd Printing. Pbk. Book, Three sizzing Shell Scott stories .. from America's fastest-selling young writer! Man-Oh-Murder, Am I Allergic to Frails! This can be inconvenient when your name is Shell Scott and you carry a gat and a snooper s license and murder is always creeping up on you. Take, for instance, Diane. There was a hell of a lot of Diane for only one dame. But with her came a lot of loose er ends that tightened around my neck like a velvet noose. Or Martita. She sizzled like tortillas frying only I m the guy the bullets singed. An Ilona, The Hungarian Hurricane who looked as if she wanted to bite me. But gently. With Abandon. So chunks of me went thataway. It s true what they say I m barely alive to tell you. One frail s ferocious. Two s double trouble. And - pardon me for croaking -Three's a Shroud. As New.

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