by the obvious hate and fear long tirpe residents have for her.

Doctor Thomas, County Coroner, had an affair with Rachel while he was still married to a woman whose untimely demise followed shortly thereafter.

The doctor's son, Peter, who possesses a violent temper was released from prison shortly before Rachel's return and works in Elsinore as an electrician. Why, when he isn't in the gym working in the heavy weights is he high in the hills taking out his frustration with the knives, axes, lethal kicks and deadly blows of the ancient art of Kung Fu? He knows about Rachel and his father and blames her for his mother's death.

Enter Hank Gregory: good lookingm talented, an entertainer at the Club on the Hill. Rachel must think his talent has no bounds; at least she is impressed enough to pay him for his affections with a little cash and more importantly many promises of the right introductions that never come.

There's Jimmy, Rachel's son; normal enough.. .that is, if you consider sleeping in your Mother's bedroom at the age of 20 normal. He doesn't like it, and he doesn't like her. You might even say he HATES his mother.

Let's talk for a moment about the good Reverend Taylor; a holy man; a pillar of the community. They say familiarity breeds contempt, and that's true with the Reverend and his daughter, Shirley. She doesn't think her father is either holy or a pillar of the community. She doesn't think of him at all except with contempt. But why1' Could it be because he seems to hate Jim Waring so much and doesn't want his Shirley to have anything to do with him? Possibly But further than that, even further than Shirly can see is an overwhelming urge, even a fantastic need to see Rachel Waring and her son out of town as fast as possible.

If you were to draw hate and venom to you like a lodestone finds North, you might find yourself dead one day, and that is the plight of one Rachel Waring, has-been Since nearly everyone wanted her dead ,\or at least out of town, where would you begin to look for the murderer? Of course there are suspects. But, are the suspects as suspect as those who might not be as suspected of being suspect? Where do you start?

Detective Bruce Jennings doesn't know either, but he'll find out. With training in the New York Police Department as a positive, and an inexperienced deputy as a negative, he begins the arduous task of talking to a lot of uncooperative people. He has a long way to go to find the murderer, but that's his job. Your job is to see if you're sharper than he is Better be on your toes, because Jennings may figure out whodunit before you do …