The Surprise Party
By Gardner, Erle Stanley
On a rain-soaked highway at midnight, the High Collar Kid—a gangland survivor who notices everything—picks up a mysterious young woman walking alone in the storm. What begins as an act of chivalry quickly turns into a deadly trap when she pulls a gun and delivers him into the hands of his enemies. But in the underworld, nothing is ever quite what it seems, and the Kid's powers of observation may be his only hope for survival.
Publisher: Clues, Inc. (in Clues magazine)
First published: 1929