Classic Ellery Queen. "Who are you Malone? Just a little while ago yoou were a cop. That was before the two punks and their girl hit town. That was before they boosted a payroll and shot down a man and took your nine-year old daughter as insurance to cover their getaway." Copyright 1969
From the cover...Just a little while ago you were a cop. That was before the two punks and their girl hit town. That was before they boosted a payroll and shot down a man and took your nine-year old daughter as insurance to cover their getaway. Now you're just a man. Scared. Not for yourself-that would be easy. But for you child, the only thing in the world you love enough to make you play ball with the kind of scum you've hated all your life. Except that you're one of them now. You've crossed the line no cop can ever cross. And there's just one desperate way of getting back.