ED NOON MYSTERY #26 The killer called himself the Gingerbread Man and his specialty was slicing strippers. He was working his way through the who's who of flesh peddlers like a hungry moth eating its way through a new suit... until it came to Ada Ven's turn. She was the country's top peeler and she wanted to be protected... by someone with a sympathetic heart and a big reputation—Ed Noon.So Noon found himself locked in a hotel suite with Ada and her ex-husband, a midget with a giant chip on his shoulder, trying to keep his mind on business and waiting for a madman with a knife who wanted to steal Ada's heart away...