Pamela Pearson is very dead from what appears to be a savage, hateful murder and a postmortem rape. The husband, editor Howard Pearson, is covered in her blood and in a catatonic state. When homicide captain James J. Moran finds the deceased's diary and discovers the deceased is former collegiate tennis champion, Jeannie Alcott, the investigation goes in another direction and things begin to transform. Howard Pearson, after recovering from his catatonia, realizes nothing has prepared him for what he's about to encounter. Chronology is a story of murder, love, revenge, and psychological blood-letting when a disguise-in-reverse, show business and law enforcement converge, keeping the reader guessing to the bitter, bloody end.
Who killed Jeannie Alcott Pearson?