Simon Lash: Private Detective
Cover Artist: not identifiedBy: Gruber, Frank
Publisher: Penguin Books (562)
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Catalog #: Kelley Box 261: PS3513 .R866 S55 1945
Contributor: W. Prout
General
Era: 1940sAuthor as on Cover: Frank Gruber
Publication:1945
Original Date: 1941
Setting: urban and rural; Lash deals with the new rich, the emerging upper middle class, and it is apparent he dislikes them, or is jealous of them
Plot Summary
Simon Lash, a former lawyer turned private detective, is reluctant, but is finally persuaded by his former girlfriend, Joyce Bonniwell, to help locate her missing husband. The case leads Lash to a mink ranch in the mountains of California and on a high-speed chase across the desert Southwest to an outlaw lair in New Mexico.Major Characters
Simon Lash adult male, mid-to-late thirties, tough, sarcastic, former lawyer turned private detectiveJames Bonniwell adult male, age 45, banker
Joyce Bonniwell adult female, 31 years old, dark hair, slim, attractive
Jeff Spotted Tail adult male, Native American, short, tough, well-built, sheriff
Peter Connors adult male, late fifties, big, burly, owns a ranch used as criminal house
Ben Castleman adult male, forties, big, well-built, strong, mink rancher
Vincent Springer adult male, late forties, overweight, average, middle aged, bank vice-president
Evelyn Price adult female, early twenties, small, slim, good-looking, red hair, taxi dancer/mistress
Eddie Slocum adult male, thirties, small, wiry, Lash's personal assistant