Killer With a Key

The Kingdom of Killain -- thats the Duarte a big-city hotel at the crossroads of the world. The grifters tough lads girls on the make -- all learn to stay away from Hotel Duarte because Johnny Killains in charge there. Thats his turf -- a flick of his fist makes broken guys and dolls. So Johnny patrolled the dark corridors in peace...until the night he rounded a bend and looked murder square in the eye. The blonde lay on the bed in 609 her face a puffed blue strangled horror. Her name was Ellen Killain and she was Johnnys ex-wife. His still-beloved ex-wife.