Santa Monica Dead Palms

Santa Monica Private Investigator Cleveland Cartridge is approached by heiress Calliope San Vicente, who wishes to engage him to discover who is behind her daughter's death. She offers a lot of money to extract revenge. Cartridge informs her that revenge is not among his services, but agrees to get to the bottom of the matter. C-man hires two female middle-distance runners, Espanola Cather and Olivia Pillsbury, both track speedsters who can run under 2:00 for 800 meters. The three P. I.'s find themselves immersed in a dual threat involving performance-enhancing drugs, those for track and field athletes, and others for men only. Atlanta, Boulder, Santa Fe, San Juan and El Yunque, Puerto Rico are destinations encountered during their dilemma.