I hate to tell his widow: Joe Ragan's best friend is dead. His killer has arranged a trail of suspects so complex and littered with women that the detective believes his friend's widow may have the answers. Collect from a corpse: Joe Ragan's seen one too many burglaries are blamed on an ex-con. A burglary turns to murder while the suspect is being held. A cop-on-the-take, an exotic dancer, and a disturbed photographer all attempt to collect from a corpse. Stay out of my nightmare: Kip Morgan goes looking for an old war buddy and comes up against a corrupt veteran's club, a murderous woman and his own imprisonment in a watery tomb. Secret of lost corpses: Kip Morgan goes undercover to investigate the disappearance of men on a shabby street in a loneley warehouse district. Actress Marilyn Marcy has hired him to find her brother. The hills of homicide: A P.I. from L.A. takes to the desert to investigate the murder oa a rich prospector.