Kipton and The Voodoo Curse. To solve a crime involving naturally occurring poisons and their uses, Kipton strives to develop an understanding of another of Earth's cultures as it has been transported to Mars. This time, her good friend Daphne is in love with an older man, who becomes the target of a voodoo curse.
Charles Louis Fontenay was an American journalist and science fiction writer.
He wrote science fiction novels and short stories. His non-fiction includes the biography of prominent New Deal era politician Estes Kefauver.
Mr. Fontenay served as editor of the Nashville Tennessean, among other newspapers, worked with the Associated Press and Gannett News Service. He retired to St. Petersburg, Florida where he continued to write science fiction until shortly before his death.