ASSIGNMENT NEW YORK: (Gryphon Ganster Novel Series, 2) by Tubb, E.C. Writing as Mike Lantry - 1996

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.: Gryphon Books, 1996. 1st US edition (originally published by Badger Books, February, 1956). . Trade paperback with full color dust jacket, as new, hardboiled adventure; Gryphon Gangster Novel #2. 159 pages World-Wide Investigations on Madison Avenue, New York, is the world's largest detective agency. Headed by Mike Lantry, the agency will take any case, anywhere, at any time--including some strange dealings in even stranger parts of the world. But Lantry--shrewd, tough, and quick with his fists--never gives up until a case is solved. Murder, kidnapping, extortion, robbery, smuggling, you name it, and World-Wide has dealt, will deal, or is dealing with it. But back when the agency was just starting, when it just comprised Lantry himself and occasional part-timers, and when it was on the verge of folding, the missing wife of a multi-millionaire launched Lantry on his way! This is his first sensational case, a first-rate mystery tale set in the Big Apple of the 1950s. Put on your gabardine coat, pull down your fedora, open a bottle of scotch, and get ready for a rousing read!. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Turner, Ron. Book.