Jake Randolph in "Tiki Moon" Pt. 43

Whistling Eddie was a bookie, but dabbled in the peddling of both flesh and drugs. He was strictly small-time, but he had his little greasy ear to the ground and his sticky fingers on the pulse of every underworld activity in the Los Angeles area. How he stayed so knowledgeable was beyond me. But he was useful. And I used him.

He had a shop on Pico Boulevard that sold flowers in the front, but did its real business behind the scenes. You had to go in and ask for two dozen chrysanthemums to gain access to the back...