The Sweet Ride by Richard S. Prather

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1972. Pocket Books. First Printing.

Shell Scott. He's a guy with a pistol in his pocket and murder on his mind. The crime world's public enemy number one, this Casanova is a sucker for a damsel in distress.

The mayor's daughter skinny-dipped...in front of strangers. The mayor pawed naked waitresses and used subnormal thugs as police. Something was wrong in the good town of Newton and Shell Scott was finding out about it the hard way - from corpses who gave half-clues and chicks who'd do anything for the wrong reasons and the right rewards.

It was a mind-stoning case where double-crosses and dirty-dealing sex were only some of the snares - and for private eyes like Scott, just staying alive was the toughest thing to do in town...