Chase James Hadley. The Double Shuffle

Horwitz, 1952. – 178 p.Why would an obscure blonde dancer who performed in a G-string - with a deadly snake for a partner - be insured for a million dollars?
That was what Steve Harmas, special investigator, had to try and find out. It was supposed to be simply a publicity stunt - a trick to get Susan Gellert's name in the newspapers - but somebody stood to gain an awful lot of money if she died.
And Steve was sure that whoever it was didn't intend to wait very long before collecting the compensation money...