Kill Now, Pay Later
By: by Robert Kyle [pseudonym].
Publisher: Dell Publishing Co.
Published: 1960
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 191
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The bride wore off-white silk taffeta.  The groom wore striped pants, and a look of bitter regret.  As for me, Ben Gates, I was wearing my .38 in a shoulder rig inside my best Dacron and worsted.  But then, I wasn't a guest.  Just a private eye hired to make sure nobody went home with the wedding presents.  Including the barefoot blonde in the blue dress.  It was a demure dress, but there was nothing demure about what was in it, or what she wanted.  She came toward me, and before I could do anything, we were as close as we could be, and she kept on coming.  Her hand slid around my neck.  She just reached up to my chin, but that didn't stop her.  She came up to me like a caterpillar, her lips open, and I tasted champagne.  Contact was total.  As tussles go, this one was quite pleasurable.  But I lost.  That is, I don't remember winning.  All I do remember is that it was touch and go all the way.
Notes: Dell #B178.
Cover art by Robert McGinnis.