by Steve Martini

Just when popular lawyer/sleuth Paul Madriani gets safely settled into his new life in San Diego--conveniently near his lover Susan McKay--trouble erupts. His first case in the breezy border town appears simple enough: find the eight-year-old granddaughter of elderly lottery winner Jonah Hale. Complications arise, however, when the kidnapper is found dead and Jonah is pegged for the murder. As Madriani gets deeper and deeper into the case, more murders pop up. Madriani must now find the true source of these evil occurrences if he is to save his own life, as well as the lives of an innocent older man and his defenseless grandchild.