Johnny Liddell goes to the races - and finds fast horses, crooked gamblers, and a very suspicious fire.

There was only one trouble with the case when Johnny Liddell took it. The guy he replaced had just been murdered.

There was a higher-up behind the jewel-snatching racket at the Tropical Club, which culminated in a slashed throat for lovely Marie Marlin. And Johnny Liddell's throat was ripe for the murderer's knife, unless he could sift through the mass of conflicting evidence and nail Number One pronto!

Walk alongside Johnny Liddell as he investigates another major murder mystery involving a high-stakes conspiracy, and enjoys some hot romance along the way. Excerpt: Lopez was an expert in his field. He smiled. "Violence is not in my line. I'm a lover, not a killer." "That's just what we want. A lover." It was a billion dollar set-up. And everything depended on Lopez' special talent - getting anything he wanted from any woman. The stakes were too...

Johnny Liddell Mystery Crime Box Set Set in mid-20th century USA, Private Investigator Johnny Liddell is, faced with solving some of the most complex and perplexing crimes. The hard-boiled crime stories take you back to a time when the rough and tumble investigator pushes the limits in finding justice for unfortunate victims. Liddell uses his keen analytical intellect to expose the perpetrators, and he isn't afraid to use brute force to make a point....

Every time Johnny Liddell tried to keep a date with his blond, beautiful, and famous client, the whole neighborhood got sprayed with machine-gun bullets. Sometimes, Johnny figured, it didn't pay to get out of bed-especially when it was filled with a willing companion ... and the cops yelled murder when he killed a couple of hoods who'd been trying to shoot him full of holes.

She was an alcoholic blonde with a load of hot diamonds-a set-up for murder on the rocks. And only private eye Johnny Liddell can crack the case.