Title: One lonely night
Description: PI Mike Hammer is out for a late-night walk in the rain when he sees a woman being pursued across a bridge. He deals with the man, but, terrified, the woman jumps to her death. Pat Chambers, Hammer's police department friend, identifies the pair as Communists. Into the mix comes Oscar, the insane brother of a political candidate on an anti-corruption ticket, who Hammer must deal with so that the politician's career prospects aren't spiked. But is Oscar really what they say he is? Meanwhile, Velda, Hammer's adored secretary, goes missing, and Hammer soon finds out that the two incidents are linked by a deadly thread ...
Subjects: Fiction, Private investigators, Missing persons, American literature, Hammer, mike (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Places: New York (State), New York
People: Mike Hammer (Fictitious character)