Eleanor Gesualdi was a friend, that's all. At least that's what Larry Kent kept telling himself. But when he received a long-distance call from Eleanor, and learned that someone was trying to kill her, he realized his feelings went a whole lot deeper than that.
Then Eleanor just vanished ... and Larry spared no effort in trying to find her ... or what had become of her.
The trail led to a husband with a secret, a Mob connection, a hard-nosed cop who became a faithful ally ... and one violent death after another ...