Charles Willeford: Wild Wives (UK 2014)

From the Publisher:
'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard
Amoral, sexy and brutal, Wild Wives was written in a sleazy San Francisco hotel in the early 1950s while Willeford was on leave from the army. This tale of deception features crooked detective Jacob C. Blake and his nemesis: a beautiful, insane young woman who is the wife of a socially prominent San Francisco architect.

Blake becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue and multiple murders in this exciting period tale.

'Mr Willeford never puts a foot wrong, and this is truly an entertainment to relish' New Yorker

Charles Willeford: Wild Wives. With a Foreword by Lawrence Block. The Murder Room, ISBN: 9781471914355 (August, 2014), 687 KB (ca. 240 p.), £4.99.

Charles Willeford: Wild Wives (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
Jake Blake is a private detective short on cash when he meets a rich and beautiful young woman looking to escape her father¹s smothering influence. Unfortunately for Jake, the smothering influence includes two thugs hired to protect her -- and the woman is in fact not the daughter of the man she wants to escape, but his wife. Now Jake has two angry thugs and one jealous husband on his case. As Jake becomes more deeply involved with this glamorous and possibly crazy woman, he becomes entangled in a web of deceit, intrigue -- and multiple murders. Brilliant, sardonic, and full of surprises, Wild Wives is one wild ride.

Charles Willeford: Wild Wives. Vintage Books, ISBN: 1400032474 (March, 2006), 102 p., $12.95.