Carter Brown 
The Wench is Wicked / Blonde Verdict / Delilah Was Deadly 

THE WENCH IS WICKED

In which Lt. Al Wheeler must confront—

—a murdered Hollywood writer whose body is discovered at the bottom of a gravel pit with three bullet holes in him…

—a cop who turns up shot to death the next night in the same gravel pit with $3, 000 in his pocket…

—and a Hollywood film crew that is shooting a western nearby, starring a cast of characters who all have good reason to see the writer dead…

BLONDE VERDICT

In which Lt. Al Wheeler must consider—  

—why a lawyer suddenly collapses and dies in a bar from curare poisoning?

—why the lawyer’s wife seems to be so unconcerned about the sudden death of her wealthy husband?

—what has become of the handsome fiancée of the murdered man’s mistress?

DELILAH WAS DEADLY

In which Lt. Al Wheeler must contend with—

—the corpse of the social editor found in the safe of the prestigious fashion magazine, in his pajamas and strangled with a girdle… 

—a second body, stabbed in the back, this time a murdered cop who had been sent to the social editor’s apartment to look around….

—and two more bodies that pile up under similar circumstances, all pointing to someone who could be trying to steal the magazine’s latest designs…