In Lieu Of Surrender — Bill Russell

Roy Gallant, a pillar of 1949 Santa Marcia society, has a major problem. Up until now he's freely dabbled in his hobbies and shady dealings, unfettered by anything as prosaic as the law.



When a new police chief arrives and disrupts his life, Roy figures he can make the chief see things his way by arranging for his wife to be kidnapped. But things go horribly wrong and invite the attentions of the chief's best friend--a private investigator named Toby Grant.



Roy Gallant is about to discover his worst nightmare and live to rue it.