The Pink Panther^™

A Novelization By Max Allan Collinsbased On The Screenplay By Len Blum And Steve Martin And The Story By Len Blum And Michael Saltzman

Respectfully dedicated to

Blake Edwards—
father of
Peter Gunn,
Professor Fate,
and
Jacques Clouseau

CONTENTS

EPIGRAPH

ONE     FATAL FLAW

TWO     THE CASE OF THE MISSING HOT DOGS

THREE     ENTER INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU

FOUR     MAN OF THE HOUR

FIVE     THE PERFECT SUSPECT

SIX     PRACTICE FOR MURDER

SEVEN     A SUSPECT ELIMINATED

EIGHT     LICENSE TO SPILL

NINE     AN AVERAGE FRENCHMAN

TEN    MANHATTAN MALADY

ELEVEN     CAUSE FOR ALARM

TWELVE     HERO’S HOMECOMING

THIRTEEN     RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER

FOURTEEN     MEDAL OF HONOR

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