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'YOU CAN’T TAKE A RUN-OUTPOWDER ON DEATH!When he found out that the missing showgirl had last been seen jumping into the lake in a cem ent swim suit, Chet Sladen, Crime Facts reporter, knew he had a big story. But when the three people who had known that pretty blonde best suddenly disappeared, Sladen realized he might not live long enough ever to see the story in print.For the key to the case lay in restricted Tampa City, where an extra-brutal police force kept order for the millionaire townsmen. To put the evidence together, Sladen would have to keep out of this law’s reach. But he quickly found him self on the “Wanted” list. Then it was no longer a story he was after — just the saving of his own skin.Here’s a new hard-fisted detective novel by the author of NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH , THE DOUBLE SHUFFLE , and many other best-selling mysteries.' When he found out that the missing showgirl had last been seen jumping into the lake in a cement swimsuit, Chet Sladen, Crime Facts reporter, knew he had a big story. But when the three people who had known that pretty blonde best suddenly disappeared, Sladen realized he might not live long enough ever to see the story in print. For the key to the case lay in restricted Tampa City, where an extra-brutal police force kept order for the millionaire townsmen. To put the evidence together, Sladen would have to keep out of this law’s reach. But he quickly found himself on the “Wanted” list. Then it was no longer a story he was after—just the saving of his own skin.