Issue #0

Fool Me Once

A Paige Taylor Mystery

Plot

"Meet Paige Taylor, mystery writer and private eye. She's intelligent, urbane, and can't resist a pun or the chance to travel. When she makes an appointment with Los Angeles dentist, Bill Barrett, she discovers that she has a problem tooth, but that he has much more serious troubles. His receptionist and ex-lover, Carol Oliver, has just died, and his wife, Sally, has disappeared with a half-million dollars worth of Krugerrands. With the help of her assistant, Dick Kessler, and her lover, Patricia Towne, a professor of French at UCLA, Paige sets out to find the Sally and the money. In Paris, Pat finds some clues to Sally's real identity. In Hawaii and Alaska, Dick discovers that Sally has an accomplice whose identity surprises them all. Paige, meanwhile, follows Sally's trail to Hong Kong and then mainland China. But someone is plotting the perfect murders, and if Paige finds Sally, it may be at the cost of her own life"--Page [4] of cover.