Gentlemen Murder Blondes
by Lawrence J. Epstein
It is 1943. New York City private detective Jack Ryder must deal with a dead blonde woman dumped behind the diner he uses as an office. Ryder enlists the aid of a woman who asks to trail him. She wants to be a writer and figures she can learn as he solves cases. On the dark streets of Greenwich Village, Ryder is trying to save his own life and the lives of those he is supposed to protect.