She was an alcoholic blonde with a load of hot diamonds—a set-up for murder on the rocks. And only private eye Johnny Liddell can crack the case.It started when he was hired as a baby-sitter to a wildcat, and stacked better than a deck of marked cards. And she had a cool $200,000 worth of hot diamonds. There was just one hitch. She used bourbon instead of perfume.Kane's Johnny Liddell series is one of the best of the numerous fifties- era private eye series. It's everything you could want in a PI novel, a tough, uncompromising detective who plays everything close to the vest, chorus girls, actresses, gambling syndicates, and a few honest cops who are frustrated no one - not even Johnny -- is sharing info with them. And, of course, you have Johnny's gal pal, Muggsy Kiely, the ace cub reporter for her father's paper and Pinky, Johnny's secretary.