"There was a fire in her eyes that was scorching me me, who couldn't tell whether a dame wanted to kiss me or kill me! No matter how you look at it, 362235 are magic numbers. They have a real message for me. I'm Shell Scott, the private eye, and I'm very good at figures. You might say I follow them very carefully. I've been following this one for several days and learned her name is Sherry. I hated to think she was mixed in murder. But somebody was planning to send me to my friendly neighborhood mortician and I had to find out who or die trying."