$500
KANE, Henry
[191] pp.
T.B. Boardman & Company Limited
1960
7 1/2" x 5 1/8"
Jacket design by D. McLaughlin
"Private Eyeful" is a 1959 hardboiled mystery novel by Henry Kane, featuring the "gorgeous private eye" Marla Trent. The book's plot involves a convict who takes a detour on his way to the death house to help a man, and the investigation eventually becomes entangled with a sexy model and a colleague's wife.
Author: Henry Kane
Protagonist: Marla Trent, a private investigator who is as smart as she is attractive
Series: "Private Eyeful" is the first book in the Marla Trent series
Plot: A convict on his way to death row goes off-course to clear a man he doesn't know. The investigation leads the private eye into a web of rumors involving affairs with a model and another man's wife.