COME DIE WITH ME: A Brock (the Rock) Callahan Title de Gault, William Campbell - 1959

N.Y.: Random House, 1959. First edition, so stated, August 1959. Very light soiling along edges else near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, $2.95 price intact, rear panel lightly soiled, rubbing to folds and rubbed line at front, in protective mylar cover. The 4th Brock Callahan title, Brock gets caught in a dangerous triangle between a jockey, a mobster, and L.A.’s finest blonde. Gloria Malone is a big woman with a little husband, and a problem only Brock Callahan can solve. Her jockey beau, Tip, has fallen in with a half-reformed gangster, and Gloria fears trouble for the pint-sized horseman. But as Brock quickly finds, L.A.’s criminals have more to fear from Tip than he does from them. The short man has a long mean streak, a girl on the side, and a couple of illegitimate children to boot. Even his horses don’t like him. Brock isn’t surprised when someone decides to end the little gremlin’s racing career once and for all—with a carving knife. The world of horse racing is buried under a layer of grime that’s thicker than the Santa Anita racetrack’s mud after a thunderstorm. To penetrate it, Brock will have to take the whip into his own hand and do whatever it takes to stay on the horse.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine. Illus. by Cato, Bob. Book.