The Bandini Affair

BLOOD MONEY
Somebody wanted to bleed Benny Freedman white with fear. Enough fear to give the Mob back the money that he had inherited and that they figured was theirs. They started with a bullet through Benny's arm. Then they aimed lower—at a far more sensitive target. But they didn't make Benny afraid. They only made him mad enough to give the masters of terror a stomachful of their own deadly medicine...as he waded into an underworld swamp of steamy sex and savage slaughter where you had to be crazy as a fox to survive....

BENNY FREEDMAN
Half-Jewish, half-Irish, Benny Freedman is not Everyman's image of a cop. A poetry-reading martial-arts disciple with a great appreciation for beautiful language and beautiful women, Benny has a special gift for finding and fighting trouble in California's fast lane. It's not easy, but being hard is another one of those things Benny does very well....