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California, sometime in the middle of the 20th century…
“Mr. Mace, I have to stay alive for the next seven days. Would thirteen thousand dollars in diamonds persuade you to undertake to ensure that I do?”
When alluring authoress Dolores de la Roche shows up in his office with a deal he can hardly refuse, private eye Dayton Mace thinks he’s finally hit the big time. But before long he finds himself out of his depth in a crazy world of vengeful watercress barons, weirdly one-sided nudist colonies, police lieutenants hiding secrets in their shoes, shotgun-toting women who make their homes in rocket ships, and – maybe most daunting of all – powerful emotions.
