The Kingdom of KillainтАФ
тАФthatтАЩs the Duarte, a big-city hotel at the crossroads of the world.
The grifters, tough lads, girls on the makeтАФall learn to stay away from Hotel Duarte because Johnny KillainтАЩs in charge there. ThatтАЩs his turfтАФa flick of his fist makes broken guys and dolls.
So Johnny patrolled the dark corridors in peaceтАФuntil 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 JohnnyтАЩs ex-wife. His still beloved ex-wife.