PaperBack: “The Kissing Gourami”

Part of a series honoring the late author and blogger Bill Crider.



The Kissing Gourami, by Kin Platt (Charter, 1980). Originally published by Random House in 1970, this was evidently the second of seven mysteries starring Max Roper, a Los Angeles-based operative for a nationwide private investigation/security firm. Cover illustration by David Plourde, who’s probably better known for having painted science-fiction novel fronts.