Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, is understandably upset. It isn´t like her p.i. husband Max to abruptly disappear--and homicide is definitely not his style. But when his car is found abandoned on a remote road with a brutally slain, once-beautiful young woman nearby and the murder weapon stashed in the trunk, Annie´s worst fears seem justified.
The police have Max all but tried and convicted--except for Chief Billy Cameron, whose unshakable belief in his friend´s innocence prompts his removal from the case. And as a media circus descends on tiny Broward´s Rock, Annie will have to place her own life in jeopardy to clear her husband´s name. But time is running out--and she has only one slim chance to unmask a killer who just may have committed the perfect crime.