Barselow was used to having his orders obeyed in Azure City. But when he gave orders that the Queen must be found, he ran into unexpected opposition.
For there were other determined to find the Queen ... Determined to risk their sanity, their very lives, to find her. There was Faye Jordan-she of the sensuous figure and the mind to match. And there was Mr. Trim-the fabulous Mr. Trim ...
There was John Henry Conover, and the curvy, swervy girl called Sin, who had other things on their minds until a wounded mobster burst into their cottage and forced them to join the hunt. And when the waiter brought them the Queen of Diamonds instead of their tab at lunch the next day, they knew they were playing for keeps.
