The Year of the Dragon — Basil Copper

L.A. private investigator Mike Faraday is hired by a millionaire midget to trace Dale, his six-foot-tall daughter. But is Jack Larsen telling the truth? Is Dale, who had decamped with a fortune, really his daughter? Jack is not the only one looking for Dale, and in his investigations, Faraday meets all sorts, including a poisonous snake and a panther.