Eleanor Gesualdi was a friend, that’s all. At least that’s what Larry Kent kept telling himself. But when he received a long-distance call from Eleanor, and learned that someone was trying to kill her, he realized his feelings went a whole lot deeper than that.

Then Eleanor just vanished … and Larry spared no effort in trying to find her … or what had become of her.

The trail led to a husband with a secret, a Mob connection, a hard-nosed cop who became a faithful ally … and one violent death after another …