An Eye For the Ladies: A Detective With The Strangest Case

“An Eye for the Ladies” is light-footed, clever, and full of twisty fun. When a private detective is hired by a polite, penguin-shaped alien to find his missing wife, the job sounds strange enough. But the detective soon discovers the only way to track her down is by slipping into the lives of newlywed husbands. Each jump puts him deeper into trouble, temptation, and danger — and nothing goes quite the way he expects.

Stephen Marlowe delivers a witty sci-fi mystery that mixes humor, suspense, and big ideas about identity. The story moves fast, the situations escalate, and the tension builds toward a payoff that’s as ironic as it is satisfying — without ever losing its playful tone.

Stephen Marlowe was a prolific American writer who built his career across science fiction, mystery, and adventure. Known for brisk pacing, clever dialogue, and imaginative plots, he wrote for many of the leading magazines of the 1950s. His stories often placed ordinary people into extraordinary situations and let the tension between those worlds drive the drama.

Over decades of work, Marlowe published under several pen names and developed a reputation for versatility and craftsmanship. Today, his fiction remains a favorite for fans of mid-century speculative storytelling.