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 fianc e 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...