FRAMED IN BLOOD: A Michael Shayne Murder Mystery

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1952. 1st Paperback Edition, March 1952.Dell Mapback #578 [25¢ cover price]. Light spine roll, reading crease and a couple of cuts at spine foot, else a near fine copy of this Vintage Paperback. Cover by Robert Stanley. Back cover map of Miami & Miami Beach. When a blackmail scheme goes wrong, Mike Shayne is left to pick up the pieces. Bert Jackson could have been a great reporter, if he had the patience for it. Married to a woman with expensive taste, Jackson has spent himself into the kind of debt that he'll never pay off at $62.50 a week. He needs a big score, and he needs it tonight. Working the city hall beat, Jackson has stumbled upon the greatest corruption scandal in Miami history. If he publishes it, he could win a Pulitzer. But it's money that he wants, and he'll risk death to get it. Using the information in his story, Jackson plans to blackmail a powerful local official for $10,000, and he asks Mike Shayne for help. Shayne has seen too many blackmail artists wind up dead to get involved with something like this, and he warns Jackson to stay away. When the reporter turns up dead, it's up to Shayne to uncover his final scoop. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. 1st Prtg. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Stanley, Robert (cover). Vintage Paperback.