Author’s Afterword:
About the Cover:
The signpost characteristics match the essays written by Keel’s classmates on why they want to become policemen.
After Steven Keel’s unexpected success in Missing Persons, the novice detective is sent from Flagstaff to the police academy in Phoenix where he is pitted against other cadets who want to be policemen. After an initial period of rivalry, his classmates learn the importance of working together when he works on another case of a missing loved one.