Poor Rick - I know how he feels - I too have experienced women who suddenly disappear before my very eyes at a crucial romantic moment - I can't get to the bottom of it.
What a machine Oliver Passingham was - the sheer volume of material he produced each month, each frame of high quality, terrific lines and angles - it staggers belief.
Another Randomly terrific tale, with breathtaking scenarios and some dodgy science - although the idea that you need to travel through spacetime and not space to access other points in the universe is valid - all we need to do is invent a warp drive, can't be that hard.
What gorgeous women in this one - I played a young Anita Ekberg as Nydia and a young Joan Collins as Zoel. Whom would you choose?
Link to the book:
Super Detective Library 053 - The Case of the Space Bubble