Mickey Spillane introduced his hero Dogeron «Dog» Kelly in this novel, goes after a powerful gang of criminals.

Design of the book cover by Lorenz Ratzkin using a photograph by Sherri Spillane.

The girl on the cover is the nightclub singer Sherry Manilow. She was the second wife of M.Spillane. Their marriage was contracted in November 1965 and ended in divorce (and a lawsuit) in 1983.