Book description
Was the crash deliberately contrived, a diabolical piece of sabotage,
or was it cruelly fortuitous? Simon Drake-Miss Nielsen's very
personable and popular lawyer-detective-happens to be at the airport
at the time of the crash, and notices that some surprising people have
been awaiting the ill-fated plane: among them, a gangster boss and a
millionaire playboy. He hastens to take his boat out into the bay, to
help search for possible survivors, but all he manages to pick up is
one piece of hand luggage-a cosmetics case which is identified as
belonging to Sigrid Thorsen, a young starlet who was joining her
fiancé at Los Angeles. And the severed key concealed in the case is
the first of many clues in the extremely dangerous and complex
adventure which invades Drake's life.
The mystery develops in many directions, and Drake finds himself and
his friens more and more involved. In the background there is the
hovering, enigmatic presence of the gangster boss. And from time to
time a trio of utterly amoral hippies erupt into the narrative.
As we approach the very tense climax, the plot grows darker and more
deadly: Miss Nielsen has many surprises in reserve.
