She was lovely—blonde, blue eyes, with luscious curves in the right places …

She was damned—an eye witness to a gang killing and the murderer knew where to find her …

A baffling thriller by the author of The Naked Angel, about a terrifying murder, a vicious frame-up, and a mysterious disappearance, in which the rough-and-ready team of Police Detective Sammy Golden and fearless parish priest Father Joseph Shanley tackle a professional killer and rescue a witness who was Damned Lovely.