The Ledger: An Inner Sanctum Mystery

by Dorothy Uhnak

Book Overview

Elena Vargas is a witness to a homicide, the shooting of a foot soldier in an international mob cartel. But the sultry call girl and sometime-mistress of gang lord Enzo Giardino claims to have seen and heard nothing. Desperate to make a case against Giardino, the District Attorney offers Vargas protective custody in exchange for betraying her lover. But no one can make her talk. Going on nothing but gut instinct, New York Police Department cop Christie...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671206877
• ISBN13: 9780671206871
• Release Date: December 1970
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Early lady cop drama from the true pioneer

An excellent read. The late Ms. Uhnak's style is tough and gritty with the female protag here as a police detective. I can see where she broke new ground for Grafton, Cornwell, and the others who followed. I interviewed her a year before she died. A real classy lady and fabulous writer.