When business consultant Jim Gammon s

headless body is discovered in the dense vege-

tation of a remote corner of Hawaii, the police

figure a bizarre accident. But when the retired

business tycoon he had been visiting floats

dead in his own swimming pool, the explana-

tion of an unlikely "accident" linked with a

more unlikely "suicide" strain the credulity of

even the Hawaiian authorities.

At the heart of the intrigue is an ultra-

conservative fund-raising organization that

milks the rich for "philanthropic" causes.

After investigating the death of Jim, his

brother Steve learns that both dead men had

deep reservations about its founders. That s

when Steve is discovered poking his nose

into affairs that don t concern him.

Armed with incriminating dossiers, Steve is

out to solve not only two murders but reveal

how gullible millionaires have been duped all

these years. But an ingenious scheme of

sexual blackmail threatens to permanently

silence him.

The suspense never falters in this rousing

thriller as William Beechcroft reveals the inner

workings of a secret Washington, confirming

all our worst suspicions about greed and kick-

backs that harbor frightening parallels to

recent cases of Federal fraud, mismanagement

and crime.