John Milano is private eye in New York City. He has a new client ... an old flame now married to a very, very rich man. Someone has threatened to kill her personal guru .. a man that Milano knows all too well.

He flies to Florida where Sharon, his old flame, and her husband are hosting some Hollywood types. All of them have motive, but who has been sending the threatening notes?

Milano finds out that everyone is suspect and trying to stay out of the clutches of Sharon while working for husband is more troublesome than you would expect.

The threatened guru refuses to leave and seems to welcome whatever is coming his way. Is he sending notes to himself? All the guests seem to have secrets and sorting out all the lies is leading him all over the place.

This one is a little outdated .. written in 1979, for example ... the use of private eye rather than private investigator. No cell phones, no pagers, even.

But it was well-written, story premise was good. Characters are fully defined. I like Milano... he has a sense of humor, as well as a sense of honor. The Hollywood people were well typed to the beautiful people years ago.

There are lots of suspects .. and it was fun watching Milano catch them all in their lies.

Many thanks to Open Road Integrated Media / Netgalley for the digital copy of this book. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.