Ken Shannon #6 (1952)

In the isolated Sunset Highway Bowling Palace, Ken Shannon and his companion Dee Dee arrive for a casual game, only to stumble into a tense standoff between Ray Wiley, his volatile creditor Monk Sattler, and the sharp-witted thief Light-Fingered Lucy. As the atmosphere grows charged with debt, suspicion, and hidden motives, a sudden gunshot shatters the silence—leaving Ray Wiley dead, and everyone in the alley with a reason to lie.

Ken Shannon is certain his trusted secretary, Dee Dee Dawson, can't be dead—especially after she vanishes following a cryptic phone call and a trail of clues leading from a racetrack to a suspicious hotel with no room 1304. As he confronts a terrified clerk, a menacing hotel manager, and a man in dark glasses who matches Dee Dee’s last sighting, Ken races against time to uncover the truth behind her disappearance. The case leads him to a hidden yacht and a final showdown with a man whose past is buried beneath a new face.