The Pay-Grab Murders — Peter Chester

When the Marshall Plant payroll was snatched, two guards were ruthlessly murdered - and the money vanished. Private eye John Preston found himself involved almost by accident when gambler Beads Stefano hired him. They called him Beads because of his diamond-studded waistcoat; and they called his girlfriend, Sue Lindsay, gorgeous - simply because she was. Less alluring was Mr. Wong, Beads' Chinese bodyguard. Not to mention Aristide Kropolis, who had his own way of showing that he didn't approve of murder on his premises...