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Kiss and Kill (1969)

The nice-guy blues
The nice mild man named Edward Tollman had a problem. His lovely wife was missing, and he wanted her back -- fast. So he went to a fellow whose specialty was solving problems like that -- a very private detective called Barney Burgess. Burgess' methods were not pleasant -- but they got results. Burgess was used to sordid scenes and secrets. But after four quick corpses, a wild ride to Mexico, and a blonde sex bomb who threatened to blow the case wide open at the first wrong move, Barney began to wonder how such a nice guy got him into something this nasty....
Kiss and Kill - Richard Deming in 1960

Dellcover Nr 4567 - 1969 art by Robert McGinnisGhostwritten by Charles W. Runyon. (Death & Ghosts F.Nevins 1998) Although there exists a Richard Deming title from 1960 named ... Kiss and Kill. (Even the cover text  "Here was a deadly version of the worlds oldest profession" agreed) Deming himself said in an interview to have written 10 books under the Queen-monicker... all are already accounted for.

 

Kus me en Sterf - dutch coverKus me en Sterf - dutch coverCasse-tete Azteque - cover French edition Presses de la Cite Nr148, 1971Feigenblatt Kaliber .32 - cover German edition Ullstein Krimi Nr.1333, 1970Frontiera maledetta - cover Italian edition, Collana Dei Gialli Mondadori, Nr 1119, July 12.1970
Um Rasto de Morte - cover Brasilian editionKys og do - cover Danish editionBesa Y Mata - Cover Spanish edition, Club del Misterio, Nr. 93נשיקת המוות - Cover Israelian edition

Kiss and Kill Translations
Brasilian: Um Rasto de Morte 
D
anish: Kys og dø 
Dutch/Flemish: Kus me en sterf 
French: Casse-tête Aztèque 
German: Feigenblatt Kaliber.32 
Hebrew:
נשיקת המוות 
Italian: Frontiera maledetta 
Spanish: Besa Y Mata 

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