โA sassy heroine . . . [Henrie O] says what she thinks (when it serves her purposes) and pulls no punches.โโChicago Sun-Times
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When arrogant media magnate Chase Prescott is nearly killed by a box of cyanide-laced candy, he dials his long-ago lover, retired newshound Henrietta OโDwyer Collins, with a simple request: Heโll assemble all the suspects if Henrie O will kindly point out the would-be murderer.
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Itโs a caseโher firstโthat fills Henrie O with grave misgivings, especially when she arrives on Chaseโs private island off the South Carolina coast to meet the players in this deadly drama. Among Prescottโs unstable young wife, his sullen stepson, and his toady of a secretary, she has trouble narrowing the field of suspectsโeven when a second attempt is made on Chaseโs life. As Henrie O unearths a will and fascinating new evidence, a killer hurricane sweeps up from Cuba, threatening to maroon them in this vacation hell . . . where the trappings of luxury are put to lethal use and the secrets of the past have the power to engulf them all.