'In Hesperides County, Texas, on the Mexican border, while the moonflower fills the night air with cloying fragrance, men whose blood would save the life of a rich young heir waiting for a transfusion, die mysteriously. The kindly sheriff is as mystified as the reader for a time, but wins through.' (El Paso, TX, Herald-Post , 1939) Additional First published in 1938. Series A Peter Bounty mystery.