'A Luis Mendoza story means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Times Queer cases run in batches in Los Angeles and Lieutenant Luis Mendoza has a few of them on his books. There's the case of the man who is terrified of vampires and who comes to a violent end; there's the odd affair of the theft of tropical fish known as Regal Angels. Then, there's the sweet old lady who holds up banks. It's all in a day's work in this characteristic Dell Shannon thriller.