When a lush brunette turns up unexpectedly dead in a strangerâs bed, and an antique dealer (who is âmostly legitâ) settles down in an easy chair with a dagger in his back, and a big-time gambler drops all bets on the kitchen floor in a pool of bloodâthen Peter Chambers, fictionâs most eye-catching, hard-boiled private eye, finds himself staked out as victim number 4 in a high-priced game of death and international intrigue.