One of the best of the hard-boiled detectives, and one of the most neglected, is the fast-living lawyer Scott Jordan. Jordan is the creation of Harold Q. Masur, himself a practicing lawyer, born-and-educated in New York City, who now presents his cases as fiction. The first novel in the series is Bury Me Deep, a great title that definitely sets the mood. It's a fast-moving murder mystery that begins when Jordan comes home early to find a beautiful but unknown blonde half-dressed and very drunk in his apartment. From then on things get ever more complicated, as murder and intrigue rear their twin heads with Jordan stuck in the middle, trying to solve the crime and clear himself of a murder charge.

“Don't push your luck, baby! A pretty gambler like you would make a prettier corpse.” The story begins with a phone call and a dead man and escalates from there with fast action and some very good detection.

"It started with a summons, a brunette, and a Turk. The summons was in my pocket, the brunette was in trouble, and the Turk was dead."

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She was the picture of blue-eyed innocence. Even the experienced Scott Jordan couldn't tell whether she was lovable...or lethal. But he did know that only she could tell him where to find a fast, hot hundred grand. And then, the killer.

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Lawyer Scott Jordan plunks his own money into a Broadway show, only to find himself wet-nursing a rare cast of characters.

A struggling literary agency sells a book to the studios for $50K, but one of the partners makes off with the money and lawyer Scott Jordan (Perry Mason with a .38) is brought in to solve this mystery, as more obstacles arise to keep this scandalous book from ever becoming a film.

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Number 11 in the Scott Jordan mystery series. Jordan is drawn into a murder that involves an off-Broadway theater troupe, a case of drunk driving, and a corporation that loans money to those who will eventually inherit money.

Lawyer-detective Scott Jordan, an art aficionado, finds himself embroiled in a case of art forgery, high finance, and murder after the explosion of Victor Maxim's safety deposit box