"Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction''s severely underrated writers!" -- Bill Pronzini
Pete thought he had it made. A cool half-grand, plus expenses, just to deliver Uncle Pierce Bonwell''s bright-eyed and burstin'' niece, Honeylou, to her Aunt Cindy -- in one piece. But Pete learned the hard way that Uncle Pierce wasn''t giving money away. The cost of kidnapping and murder runs pretty high!