When military investigator Paul Renner gets the call, he knows it will be trouble. He's investigated plenty of murders in his time, but this victim is the general's daughter, Anne Campbell. She has been found, nude, spreadeagled and staked out, strangled. It's the kind of case that can't help but be sensational and sensational always means trouble.
Renner had been on the base undercover with another case. The other outside investigator there to investigate a rape, is Cynthia, a woman Paul had an affair with overseas about a year ago. He is not happy to be paired with her again nor to find himself on the outside where he can't trust or use the normal resources since everyone on base is a suspect until proven otherwise.
Anne Campbell was the Army's dream girl. She had been through West Point at the top of her class, then pursued higher education and was a psychologist specializing in mental warfare. Anne is gorgeous and is on the Army's recruiting posters as an icon. Who would want to kill her?
As Paul and Cynthia investigate, they discover that almost everyone who knew her had a motive. Anne was a femme fatale, sleeping her way through the general's staff, seducing and throwing away men with abandon. Far from embracing her father, she hated him and did everything she could to embarrass him. What lies behind her actions?
This is the first in the Paul Renner series. It was written a little over twenty years ago, and some of the attitudes and statements about women are outdated. But the mystery is sharp and interesting and as the truth is revealed bit by bit, the reader will remain entranced. This book is recommended for mystery readers.
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