Two cases have pushed Detective Boxer to the limit. A string of fatal arson attacks have broken out in San Francisco. The targets have one thing in common: they are all rich, successful, married couples. With four couples dead Lindsay is determined to put a stop to the killings and trace the murderer. Juggling cases, Lindsay has plenty on her mind. Michael Champion was a people's hero, a popular governor's son who publicly battled against a rare and debilitating heart illness. When he vanished without a trace one evening, his disapperance and the search to find him, dead or alive, hit the headlines daily. -- back cover.