Milo March #23

For the first time in book formsix stories from vintage men's magazines (19521961) featuring Milo March, the shrewd insurance investigator and brazen secret agent created by M.E. Chaber:

• "The Jelly Roll Heist." A series of thefts in Denver has the insurance executives biting their nails. Judging by the loss of a belly dancer's navel gem, it looks like a seducer is preying on ladies with sparkly things. Or is there a more sinister gang behind it?
• "Hair the Color of Blood." Milo's on vacation at a swank Santa Monica hotel when he hears a scream. He rushes to save the damsel in distress, and the next thing he knows, he's waking up in bed with the naked body of a red-haired corpse!
• "The Hot Ice Blues." A new jewel robbery occurs every night, while Milo sits around playing Dixieland platters with a real gone chick. Is the insurance company's star investigator really goofing off?
• "Murder for Madame." Someone swipes a worthless box, tossing aside the costly pearl necklace that was inside. Now four people are desperate to retrieve the box-five if you count Milo, who can't resist trying to figure out why.
• "The Red, Red Flowers." Major March, U.S. Army Reserve, is sent undercover to Moscow, where a captured American U-2 pilot is on trial. As usual, Milo has no plan but makes it up as he goes along. He will have mere moments to retrieve a coded message and snatch the pilot from the Communists' handsbut things don't go exactly as expected.
• "The Twisted Trap." Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. A wealthy old policyholder claims that his sexy young wife and her psychiatrist lover have teamed up to poison him with a drug that mimics the symptoms of madness. If he should die "accidentally" as a result of this condition, his wife will get an enormous life insurance payout. Having escaped from a sanatorium, the old man insists that Milo must rescue him. But doing so may cost Milo his own sanity!

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