Ace crime reporter Hank Janson meets the girl of his dreams, Sally Taylor, only to have her taken from him by a cruel twist of fate when she suddenly dies of a heart attack. Or does she? Hank finds himself with a mystery to solve, as he becomes embroiled in an elaborate plot of blackmail and murder that threatens to be the death of him Lilies for My Lovely was the sixth Hank Janson novel to be published, and made its debut in May 1949. This Telos reissue retains the striking original artwork cover, by peerless illustrator Reginald Heade.