Son of Gun in Cheek by Bill Pronzini

Author:Bill Pronzini
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.
Published: 1987-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

For Murder Could Not Kill by Gregory Baxter (1934):

If there is a man whom murder could not kill, he must bear a charmed life, have miraculous powers, or play into phenomenal luck. If there ever was a man whom murder wanted to kill, that man was Robin Foster. He blundered right into a murder, and then with almost unpardonable audacity, persisted in butting in on the plans of the high command in sumptuously profitable murder.

Robin Foster witnessed a murder accidentally and, rushing to the aid of a terrified lady, received a memorable poke in the face. It sent him in a dizzy spin from a running board and allowed the murderer to escape, but it fixed in his vision the image of a knotted fist and a forearm with a curious scar. And it was only the beginning of even more memorable blows to come.

Probably he would have dropped the affair if the distressed lady had not proved so alluring, gracious, sympathetic, and distinguishedly beautiful. She quite broke up his customary nonchalance. But if he had dismissed the matter, he would have missed a string of the biggest gasps of his life and an exceedingly curious knot of mystery surrounding the private affairs of Miss Laurette Dexter, her murdered father, her father’s avowed enemy, and the suave, distinguished Mr. Peter Lessing to whom Laurette is affianced. Moreover, he would have missed murder that could kill one who once gave death the slip and thereupon became presumptuous in his special advantage. If Robin Foster had turned down his chance to embroil himself in these jeopardies and to bid for the affections of the delicious Laurette, the reader would have been deprived of a magnificent bout with all the chilly emotions.

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