Robert Lloyd Fish was an American writer of crime fiction. His first novel, The Fugitive, gained him the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first novel in 1962, and his short story "Moonlight Gardener" was awarded the Edgar for best short story in 1972. His 1963 novel Mute Witness, written under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike, was filmed in 1968 as Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen.
This 11 page short story was first published in the August, 1972 issue of Playboy Magazine. It was then re-printed in the anthology "Stories to be Read with the Door Locked" which was edited by Alfred Hitchcock and which was printed in 1975.