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Name: The bombshell
Author: Carter Brown

It's Lieutenant Al Wheeler's job to find a beautiful blonde's killer when he is not even sure she's a corpse. Lily Teal: Blonde, 5'5'' tall 112 lbs. Her disappearance was listed on the police blotter as a routine Missing Persons case, but Captain Parker was convinced she had been murdered. And he ordered Al Wheeler to find her killer. Faced with no corpse and no clues, the California cop is forced to follow a dangerous lead. It takes him straight to a secluded harem of a crooked financier who gets Wheeler jailed on a phoney assault charge and nails him with a false murder rap. The perfect frame to hang a troublemaker named Al Wheeler.

First publish date: 1960

Authors: Carter Brown

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