Someone Has to Take the Fall — William Newton

Private eye Joey Binns is a survivor who makes his own rules. When a young girl from a good background is found, the apparent victim of a hit and run, it is he who Superintendent Asher turns to. Why did she leave home? What are the puncture marks on her thighs? Asher desperately needs answers to these questions - but what worries him is Binns' reputation for cutting corners.