Shell Scott Series / Shellshock / Richard S. Prather

Shell has the right touch when it comes to making his way through hoodlums, but for a ladies’ man he shows a refreshing insecurity when dealing with graceful beauties. This time Shell is hired by ex-gangster Claude Romanelle to find his “little girl”. The case turns into a nightmare that pits him against Romanelle’s former accomplices. It doesn’t take the L.A. investigator long to find “little Spree”, who is now a buxom, beautiful 26-year-old, and it doesn’t take him long to be seduced by another woman and realise he’s being led around by the nose by Romanelle. Then Romanelle turns up missing and they try to kill Shell and kidnap Spree.