Bücher von Carter Brown

THE TIGRESSIn which Lieutenant Al Wheeler is called upon to unravel the mystery of -the murdered secretary found in the coffin of her grieving boss's wife-the insolent maid and the questionable "club" she works for-the dead wife's nympho best friend and her wildcat-taming loverTHE EXOTICIn which Lieutenant Al Wheeler is confronted by-a corpse delivered to the front door of Sheriff Lavers' by a clueless cabbie-the two wily thugs who put the man in the taxi-the dead man's daughter, who sheds not a tear for her departed dad ANGEL!In which Lieutenant Al Wheeler investigates -the sudden death of a stunt flyer when his plane explodes in midair-the rest of the flyers and the man for whom the bomb was really intended-their sexy mascot, Angel, the good luck charm with the heart of ice

THE TEMPTRESSIn which Lieutenant Al Wheeler must solve the murder of the private detective-who was tailing the rich woman's daughter and her jazzed-up boyfriend-who might have been involved in a shady blackmail racket-who certainly had something to do with the kinky uncleLAMENT FOR A LOUSY LOVERIn which Lieutenant Al Wheeler is paired with sexy Mavis Seidlitz to solve-the murder of the TV western actor who gets in the way of a real bullet-the mystery of the producer's missing diamond ring-the dilemma of the doomsaying astrologer who has been set up to take the fallTHE STRIPPERIn which Lieutenant Al Wheeler fails to prevent a high-rise suicide that leads him to-a suspicious lonely hearts club run by a couple right out of an ancient daguerreotype-a shy florist with a penchant for loud showgirls -and the star of the show, the voluptuous stripper known as Deadpan Doris

NO LAW AGAINST ANGELS In which Lt. Al Wheeler investigates the murder of two young ladies--both of whom worked at the Haven of Rest mortuary-both of whom had a tattoo on their upper shoulder in the shape of a dollar sign which turns into a snake-and both of whom worked as part-time call-girls for the mysterious fellow known as Snake Lannigan, a man no one has ever seen. DOLL FOR THE BIG HOUSE In which Lt. Al Wheeler is reassigned to the Eight Precinct under Captain Bligh in order to--find Lili Hertz, whose sister has reported her missing-track her to the Big House of Absolem Kirch, despotic owner of a newspaper empire and the man behind a lot of dirty politics-and crack the kidnapping ring that provides Kirch with the young girls he keeps in his mansion against their will. CHORINE MAKES A KILLING In which Lt. Al Wheeler turns in his badge to become a private investigator for a lawyer's firm in order to--investigate an open-and-shut murder case involving Walter Byrne, friend of the lawyer and now married to the lawyer's ex-wife-determine just who really did kill the chorus girl, who was also Byrne's mistress-figure out who is trying to kill Byrne's wife, Myra, while fending off the advances of the man's sexy daughter. .