"The Edgar and Shamus-winning author takes us through the dark streets of St. Louis in this riveting collection of short stories. Nudger, his hapless gumshoe, analyzes courtroom cases and dames in funny, suspense-filled tales."
Contents: Foreword (P.I. Purgatory) -- Ride the Lightning -- What You Don't Know Can Hurt You -- Only One Way to Land -- Time Exposure -- Typographical Error -- Where is Harry Beal? -- Flotsam and Jetsam -- Thunder of Guilt -- Right to Sing the Blues -- Before You Leap -- Litigants -- Man in the Morgue -- Romantics.