Erle Stanley Gardner 
Gold Comes in Bricks 

How did Donald Lam get all the dames? He was just a brainy little guy, but he had the damnedest way with women … The blondes melted like wax. ‘You’re the first guy who’s given me a break’ said one. ‘Kiss me.’ Lam kissed her. ‘To hell with that stuff, ‘ she said. ‘Really kiss me.’She was only the first – but even the busiest lady’s man has to take time out for murder, especially when he’s been too chummy with a corpse and the cops are out for blood … his blood.