Panther, St Albans, Herts, 1973, reprint.  MMPB, 190 pages.  Very light edge and cover wear; tight binding with lightly tanning pages; appears unread.  ‘Serena Marshland was the fourth richest woman in the world. …  When her husband was kidnapped and held to ransom for half-a-million dollars, she hired Vic Malloy, toughest private-eye in the business, to hand over the money to the kidnappers.  But Vic was nobody’s fool.  He knew that, once they had the cash safely in their ruthless hands, the kidnappers wouldn’t hesitate to rub him out.  So this was one job he didn’t want – especially after he dug a little deeper into the case.  Some pretty disturbing facts began to emerge.  First – and most surprising – the husband of America’s richest lady turned out to be an infamous dope-pusher…’ (from rear wrap)