title: A Killer's Kiss
author:  William Lashner 
description: <I>Starred Review.</i> At the start of bestseller Lashner's superior seventh crime thriller to feature Philadelphia DA Victor Carl (after 2006's <I>Marked Man</I>), two police detectives pay Carl a late-night call to inform him that Dr. Wren Denniston, the husband of Carl's former fianc&eacute;e, Julia, was found shot to death in his Chestnut Hill mansion earlier that evening. Since Carl, known for his malleable ethics, had been entertaining Julia at his apartment shortly before the detectives' arrival in an effort to revive their relationship, he becomes a prime suspect in the doctor's murder. Unsure whether his lover is setting him up, Carl must dodge a rogue's gallery of villains who had their own reasons for wanting Denniston out of the way before he can uncover the real culprit and figure out Julia's true feelings for him. Chandler and Hammett fans looking for a fix will be well rewarded. <I>(Sept.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: PYRArVIID BOOKS
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  "Vm going to kiss you like you^ve
  never been kissed before . . .^
  The windswept beach was dark
  and deserted.
  It wouldn't do me
  any good to scream.
  I reached
  for my revolver, but he wrapped
  his sinewy arms around me and
  pushed his face toward my mouth.
  In an instant, his lips were
  crushing against mine. Was
  I
  caught in the embrace of the
  kissing killer? Could this be the
  man whose kiss meant death?
  Honey
  West,
  private
  eye, is
  hotter than a
  pistol
  in
  her
  exciting new
  adventure
  of
  a
  date
  with
  murder.
  
  THE ADVENTURES OF
  HONEY WEST
  THIS GIRL FOR
  HIRE
  A GUN FOR HONEY
  GIRL ON THE LOOSE
  HONEY
  IN THE FLESH
  GIRL ON THE PROWL
  KISS FOR A
  KILLER
  DIG A DEAD DOLL
  BLOOD AND HONEY
  BOMBSHELL
  ANGEL FROM HELL
  (in preparation)
  
  G. G. FICKLING
  PYRAMID BOOKS
  •
  NEW YORK
  
  For Christopher West
  who was and always will be
  a Honey.
  And for the two Mikes
  all rolled into one Big M.
  A GUN FOR HONEY
  A PYRAMID BOOK
  First printing, July 1958
  Second printing, Apri