DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
Helen is in Reno for her second divorce and staying with Mrs. Krantz and her daughter Rachel at their boarding house. Mrs. Krantz's drinking companion, Laura Pollicker, lives next door. That night she is murdered, and Helen discovers the body-and wastes no time in returning to the San Francisco house she shares with his sister Georgia. How could she know that the very man who meets and marries her sister only days later is the same man who had slit Mrs. Pollicker's throat.
Sam Wild is a powerful man, tall, muscular, with very little control over his emotions. His friend Mart watches out for him, but Sam sometimes just can't help himself-he has to kill. Now he's got a rich wife with an attractive sister, and he's just biding his time until he can take over Georgia's money and get rid of her, too. But that's when Helen steps in with some plans of her own.
Film Noir Classic #7.

The late James Gunn was emeritus professor of English at the University of Kansas and the author or editor of 45 books and 100+ short stories. A former president of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Science Fiction Research Association, he received their lifetime awards and induction into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He lived in Lawrence, Kansas.