Mr. and Mrs. Black are enjoying two weeks in Mexico.
In Seattle, their maid finds the three rooms upstairs are torn apart, furniture broken apart, the rugs pulled up and cut into strips, the light fixtures torn from the ceiling, the sink and toilet broken apart into the tub. A body of a man is barely seen in the bedroom before the maid runs screaming in tears.
The plastic cards, many with photos still on the body, identifies him as Mr. Black. At Mr. Black's business, B/W, they find full sized pictures of Mr. Black on several walls. A business associate identifies the body as Mr. Black.
The wife is contacted in Mexico, she is still expecting her husband to return the next day from fishing. It will be a day before she can return to Seattle.
Detective Rage researches all commercial and private jets from Mexico to Seattle. There is no way Mr. Black could have returned home from the last time he was seen in Mexico.
Mrs. Black faints at the sight of his body. Her only words are, "That is not my husband, what have you done with him?"
The bigger questions are no long who murdered Mr. Black, but where is Mr. Black? Who has been murdered in Mr. Black's house? Why was he impersonating Mr. Black at his company?