Die With Me Lady
By Ronald Cocking | |
Publisher | Harlequin Romance #233 |
Release Month | 1953 (US) |
Harlequin Romance Series # | |
Preceded by | Malay Gold |
Followed by | Rebound |
- Author: Ronald Cocking
- Publisher: Harlequin Romance #233
- Year: 1953
Book Description
Throughout North America, despite the vigilance of law-enforcement agencies, the deadly traffic in narcatics grows by leaps and bounds.
One of the centres of this vicious traffic is Toronto, Canada - a fast growing city of a million people, facing New York State scross the waters of Lake Ontasio, and providing a ready link with the United States.
Al Morley, a Toronto newspaper reporter, in covering the apparently insignificant death of a humble newspaper seller, crosses the path of the celebrated and erudite Sir Wilfred Cremorne and his lovely daughter, Valerie.
From then on he fids himslef drawn into a tangle web of intrigue with a dope ring at its centre. He watches while respectable people are bought to protect the operations of the million-dollar traffickers.
The story moves towards a terrifying climax where a group of horrified people, doomed by their own avarice, helplessly await death on a luxury yacht cruising on the sunny waters of Lake Ontario.