I'm reading the novels so thought I'd re-read this. The dialogue is sharp, everyone is drunk - Buzz arrives wanting bourbon with bourbon, Helen the wife who is killed is drunk, Johnny the hero is always drinking. The plotting feels murky - it did feel as though he wrote it drunk, but then I felt that about his novels too.
It's very convenient Joan just turns up -this could have been fixed. I actually think it works that the house detective and not Buzz did it - Buzz is a great read herring. That third fiend is just there for exposition.
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