"Tim Ludlow's English bride, Sybil, brings trouble in her trousseau. Housing shortages end in housing problems with a gambler's murder, the history of Sybil's father, and the curiosity of their New Jersey coast neighbors, a one-man reception committee, and a last minute mellerdrammer touch. Spoof and sparkle, equals some spontaneous combustion." – Kirkus
"The Voice of America and Ed Tremont, of the English Language Unit, involved in the disappearance of Courtney Templeton, one of their difficult broadcasters. Templeton is responsible for a missing directive; Tremont finds a dead man and is fired; the FBI moves in as Tremont's fiances moves out and Tremont finds solace in Templeton's daughter. Abduction, the Russians and a photo-finish chase put Tremont in the clear – with Templeton, his daughter and the right girl – safe. Lots of...
VIOLENCE… INTRIGUE… DEATH… A grotesque, diabolical old doctor with a terrifying hypodermic needle that packs a special wallop… A barrel-shaped man of mystery with dark glasses and darker motives, involving the fate of nations… A beautiful brunette with soft, creamy skin and a lovely pearl-handled revolver, out to «get her man» in an unlovely way… You'll meet them all in A SHOT OF MURDER, a tale of mystery and mayhem which begins in Paris and ends in a strange mountain sanitorium where weird...
