Johnny Phelan had two corpses behind him

"Three and you''re out, Johnny," the cops told him. "Out of this world, real gone cool on a marble slab ... worth a hot quarter-million bucks in small kills ..." So in the land of masquerade and make-up, Hollywood''s toughest private peep ducked wild bullets and wilder babes -- to learn the hard way that -- YOU CAN ALWAYS DIE TWICE!

"This is hard-boiled mystery with all the necessary elements... Fans of the hard-boiled are likely to enjoy the book." -- Reading California Fiction