Passion Isle

by Curt Aldrich

Paul Marquez, an Insurance detective, is following a sketchy trail of clues to a passion isle . . . at the end of the trail will be Neal Lonergan, with several thousand dollars worth of jewels stolen from Linda La Door, the passionate screen goddess. Until he finds Neal, Paul must content himself with whatever diversions occurs as vixen after vixen seduces him into momentarily sharing shame and degradation until Brenda furnishes the ultimate sin thrill. [description from back cover]

190 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1964

Reviews

[Steven · Rating 2 out of 5]

Strong crime-noir plot in this sleazer. Insurance detective tracking down a thief who pulls off a jewel heist. As with most of the Greenleaf/Corinth sleazers the plot is just something to fill the space between the sex scenes. Must be at least 10 such scenes in this one, but this was published in 1964, so still in the censorship era and nothing remotely explicit by today's standards. The jewel heist plot is pretty good, unfortunately this is primarily revealed through exposition rather than showing us the action in scenes. Was hoping for better after a strong beginning but was disappointed. Curt Aldrich was a "house name" most frequently used by William Knoles, who wrote the highly collectible 0008 spy-spoof series, for Greenleaf/Corinth. He spent time in Puerto Rico, where much of this book is set, so a fair bet this is one of Knoles.