first edition Softcover
1951 (c.1950) · New York
by Adams, Cleve F.
New York: Signet Books (902). Very Good+. 1951 (c.1950). 1st printing. Softcover. [nice bright copy, slight spine roll, minor edgewear to covers] Mass Market PB "Reed Smith was a hard-boiled Federal Narcotics agent who had tangled with the toughest crooks and crimes, in his time. But when he was assigned to track down a gang of international dope smugglers, he met the most brutal killers of his career. Using respectable contacts and ravishing women, they engineered acts of unbelievable horror and violence in pursuit of their vile trade." Previously published in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf. . (Inventory #: 27211)