Putnam NY: 1990 First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a flawless dustjacket. Playboy Geoffrey Williams is dead. But it's not a search for the killer that brings Archy McNally to the case the lovely Melva Williams readily admits to the crime passionnel. After finding Geoff in a precarious position with an attractive young lady, she pulled the trigger on husband number two. It sounds like an open-and-shut case for McNally & Son's Department of Discreet Inquiries, until Melva asks Archy to shield her daughter, Veronica, from the press and paparazzi. Gallant Archy takes the case - and escorts grown-up and gorgeous Veronica home to the McNally manse. Rumors fly, and some of them may be true.. "Veronica is no damsel in distress, though, and she's certainly not sorry her stepfather is in the grave. When her story doesn't match Melva's, which doesn't match Geoff's, Archy realizes he does indeed have a dilemma on his hands. Someone's lying, and the one person who knows the truth - Geoff's perky playmate - has gotten away.