内容简介：
Alvin Blatt, a worker in the 1950s Texas oil fields, has always dreamed of being a detective. He has no training, but lots of spunk. When a desperate woman collides with him in a bar and is later found dead in the alley, he figures he has found his first case. As he enters the world of prostitutes, panhandlers, pimps, pitiful police and a wealthy philanthropist, he seems to be in way over his head. He finds himself involved with sword fights, gunplay and general intrigue. He is always one step ahead of the cops, but right on the tail of the malefactors. He questions his abilities to ever be a real detective, and his newfound one-legged beauty encourages him in his lifelong dream. Can a novice stumble onto the truth before he gets killed? Find out how successful Blatt is in this old-fashioned awhodunit.a