"That'd be nice, Sam," said Grace gently. "What job? What's your pal's name?" Guy. I said. Guy Godfrey. I never did but one job with him, we aren't exactly pals. He did this job up in Hollywood - busted in a dame's apartment. I ran into him in a bar and he was telling me, see."

"And what was the job you pulled together, Sam?" "Well," said Chase nervously, "it was his idea. And it was him did it. I mean the - Well Jesus, the old lady'd seen both of us when we busted in, she'd recognize us, see. And that was Guy's idea too. So, we ended up playing a hand of blackjack, loser do the old dame, see."

(Dell Shannon was Barbara Elizabeth Linngton & she was the first or one of the first women to write police procedure novels so she gets points for being a trail blazer in that regard. However, she was also an active member of the John Birch Society. Its interesting that her main character is Lt. Luis Mendoza.)