Hoping to win over the beautiful Francine, Chip Harrison is astonished when an attempt is made on his life, an event that places him at the forefront of a fast-paced investigation

The devilish Chip Harrison — young, broke, and girlless — stumbles on a discarded bus ticket and finds himself in South Carolina, where he becomes the local sheriff's protege and falls in love with a preacher's daughter

RESOURCEFUL YOUTH wanted to assist detective. Low pay, long hours, hard work, demanding employer. Familiarity with tropical fish helpful but not absolutely necessary. An excellent opportunity for one man in a million... I didn’t know if I was one man in a million, but it was certainly one advertisement in a million, and nothing could have kept me from answering it. So I did. I got the job. And I got myself mixed up with some of the most experienced and willing women this side of a harem. I was also mixed up in a slight case of murder... Chip Harrison, the world’s most inept but lovable playboy, plays detective once removed in this hilarious novel of sex, mystery, sex, and sex

Edgar Award-winning author Lawrence Block returns with another outrageous caper featuring Chip Harrison...a sleuth who always seems to get into trouble with a capital T! Now a man about town working for a famous detective, Chip Harrison finds himselfat a Times Square Club waiting for his latest client, a stripper, to finish a night’s work. When she completes her set, she introduces him toher roommate, a dancer who’s targeted for murder...and killed in the club right before their very eyes! The list of suspects is as long as the line outside the club, and now it will take all of Chip’s street smarts to trap a killer! Lawrence Block is one of the most respected and bestselling authors ofmystery fiction Lawrence Block has won the Edgar Award three times, the Shamus Award four times, the Maltese Falcon Award twice, and was named Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America Previously published under pseudonyms and in omnibus collections, this isthe first time the Chip Harrison novels are being individually published under Lawrence Block’s name The Chip Harrison mystery series also includesMake Out With Murder,Chip Harrison Scores Again, andNo Score