The Brimstone Bed / Day Keene

Anyone who has once served an innocent sentence in the penitentiary runs the risk of ending up there again if they mess with an organised criminal gang. If their business is the distribution of obscene pictures and films, then those involved know that the seducers and seduced know no consideration. A seaside resort on the sunny coast of Florida is the setting for this breathtaking story in which heads and necks and many a good reputation are at stake.

After three years innocent in jail, ex-lawyer Bill Bailey heads straight to Florida to take on the man who got him disbarred and sent to prison in the tranquil resort town of Punta Grande. Maybe he can extract a confession from him – Bailey’s ticket back to a respectable life. But you don’t take anything from a dead man. And if you’re an ex-con, the local police will quickly put you at the top of their list of suspects. When the murder is just the tip of the iceberg of blackmail and corruption, Bailey suddenly has other worries and enough problems on his leg to drown in the Bay of Punta Grande.