Blow Hot Blow Cold Author:Ellery Queen Recipe for a backyard cookout: One guest skewered by another. "Lila was shameless", Mae Walters said to Lt. Masters. "I'm surprised someone didn't kill her long ago." "now, Mae," Stanley Walters said, "you needn't make Lila out to be worse than she was." "Yes, darling," said Vera Richmond, "you mustn't exaggerate. All Lila did was to give ... more »Stanley a meaningless kiss. As a matter of fact, Lt. it started us all off kissing one another immediately." "Did anything else happen I ought to know about?" asked Masters. "Nothing at all, Lt.," Vera said. "It was just a little backyard cookout. We didn't ask any gangsters." "Apparently," Masters said, "you asked a murderer."« less