Henry Atkinson was a patent attorney. Divorced many years ago, he has settled into a bachelor's life. He had time to make a Fam ily Tree. He even found a cousin he never knew he had.
Carolyn Trellis was an editorial assistant referred to Henry by a dead man. Who was she really. When Henry looked over his shoulder, he saw her. Why was she there?
Shelley Garçon was Henry's cousin, a man with a strong sense of right and wrong. He brought that moral sense to work with him. Shelley was a serial killer, but only of people he judged to be rif-raf.
Shelley was looking for them. That wasn't a good thing.