Hot Seat for a Honey by Peter Carter Brown

Hot Seat for a Honey

(Penthouse Passout)

by Peter Carter Brown

A Carter Brown “Lovely” Mystery

Horwitz Publications, c1956, paperback

Fair Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, age toned pages and cover, creasing and discolouration to covers and spine, small part missing at top front cover corner, a little foxing (see photographs)

“The zany millionaire who’d hired me had his penthouse guarded as if it held more gold than Fort Knox.  Well, maybe Dolly and Mamie were every bit as valuable – and who’d want to share ‘em with anyone, anyway.  But my client didn’t live long enough to enjoy their company – and I couldn’t collect my fifty thousand dollars till I found out who’d put a knife in his throat.  Sure, Dolly and Mamie told me all they knew – and it would have filled a book.  Only I wasn’t writing one.  I didn’t have time.  I had a murder on my hands and someone had me lined up as a victim, too...”