This'll Kill You — Peter Chambers

Nobody had thought about the Hogan baby snatch for twenty years. Neither the child nor the ransom money was ever seen again. Then Slip Cahoon, a long-term model prisoner, suddenly broke jail and people began to die. Mark Preston became involved when somebody twice tried to kill Dana Pallister, a beautiful newcomer to town. Preston knew exactly what he had to do - trace the money, prevent more slaughter, identify the killer and stay out of jail. The hard part was to stay alive.