In that first instant, as the shock hit Rick Sheridan, he froze in his tracks, his body immobile and cold all over. There, at his feet, lay his estranged wife, Frieda, a scarf cruelly twisted around her neck.

Rick had all the motives—desire for freedom and Frieda's money. Only Rick and Detective Sam Crombie knew that someone else had committed the murder ---someone who had a key to Frida's secret apartment--someone who had a strong reason to silence! her forever.

But who? Who out of all the men in her past could have hated Frieda enough to kill? With which one had she been the impetuous—and dangerous-mistress? "An exciting case. Good to the finish."