The Eighth Dwarf

An ex-spy and his sidekick hunt for a rogue assassin of Nazi war criminals—"Thomas is without peer in American suspense" (Los Angeles Times).

Nicolae Polscaru, a three-and-a-half-foot-tall dwarf, is tossed into a Hollywood swimming pool by four drunken screenwriters, who take bets on how long he can tread water. Minor Jackson, his OSS training still fresh a year after World War II's end, beats the bullies senseless and pulls Nicolae from the water. A friendship is born.

Jackson ...