In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
The private-eye Michael Shayne agrees to track down the stepdaughter of the local bigwig Burton Stallings, Helen Stallings. But when his client's corpse turns up at his doorstep, Shayne finds himself reluctantly involved in yet another murder mystery. Along the way, Shayne must fend off femme-fatale Phyllis Hamilton who may or may not be intimately involved in the killing.—Robert