The Ivory Grin

The author had still not decided on the final form of his assumed name by that date and used John Ross Macdonald on the cover.

[2] In the decade between 1964 and 1975 eight translations of the book were to appear: in Catalan,[3] Danish,[4] French,[5] Czech,[6] in German from Switzerland,[7] Hungarian,[8] Finnish,[9] and in Spanish from Argentina.

Among her effects is a newspaper clipping offering a reward for information concerning Charles Singleton, a socialite missing from his home in Arroyo Beach.

Archer believes he is innocent and agrees to help Lieutenant Brake with the case, hoping to clear Alex's name.

As a teenager, Bess had been given a night club position by Chicago gangster Leo Durano and had then come West and married the small-town Doctor Benning, while at the same time carrying on an affair with Singleton.

Singleton's car is discovered burnt out after an accident in the mountains, but Archer is able to prove that the body in it belongs to crooked private eye Maxfield Heiss, who was also in pursuit of the reward money.