\[back cover\] DOWN...AND DIRTY Meet Fred Bennett—a crusty cop who's up to his neck in hot water. With the police force. With his former partner. And with his sexy ex-wife. They're out to get him for being a disgrace to the uniform. He's got to make use of his rotten reputation to prove his innocence. If he blows his cover, he's a dead man. But Bennett's no big hero. He just wants to stay alive...any way he can. Even if he has to become part of a bizarre crime—in order to solve it and save his own skin. Dangerous, of course. But then Bennett has no other choice.

BETWEEN THE SHEETS... It was hard to separate the truth from fiction about Christine Walker. A sex symbol with four broken marriages, she could very well have killed herself—movie stars sometimes do. But Bennett knew her and loved her and he wouldn't believe it. Even if he had to put his own life on the line.

Bennett smells something fishy when the daughter and grandson of one of California's first families are found slain—along with a housekeeper who had been hired by the old man. Just as Bennett's putting two and two together, the housekeeper's sister is discovered—dead—in Bennett's apartment. Someone's trying to frame the crusty ex-cop. The D.A.'s filing first-degree murder charges against him. Fred's in a helluva fix to prove he was an innocent bystander—unless he can point the finger at who cast... THE FIRST STONE.

Sammy Lee Rogers seemed like a nice sort, although Bennett admitted his behavior was a bit strange. The crusty ex-cop had spotted the young man picketing a funeral parlor. Then, when Sammy is arrested for murder, Bennett's really baffled—until he discovers the dead girl is only the first victim in a grisly sex slaying premeditated by a peculiar group; a weird clan who, after staging their wild orgies, plan to finger the innocent Sammy at their fall guy... unless Bennett interrupts their final bizarre act.

PRETTY POISON. Polly Andrews is a knockout alright. Her men go down for the count—six feet down. Poor Polly. Does she have... THE KISS OF DEATH? The only guy she can lean on is her ex, a tough P.I. Time is running out as the shamus courts a killer.