Stephanie Lazarus was a smart and ambitious officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, having joined the LAPD at a time when few women were on the force. She continually moves up the ranks to become a respected detective, even being appointed to the high-profile art theft unit. However, Stephanie’s got a secret, one involving an ex-lover, his murdered wife, and a little thing called DNA.

Despite a thirty-year age difference and only knowing each other for a whopping thirteen days, restaurateur Doug Benefield and ballerina Ashley Byers fell deeply in love and tied the knot. The marriage gets off to a great start, but, predictably, things rapidly start going south for the couple when there are accusations of domestic violence, torture and even attempted murder. And in the blink of an eye attempted murder becomes the real thing.

Claudine Longet is a successful French pop singer and actress and the wife of mega singing and television star, Andy Williams. Freewheeling bachelor Spider Sabich is the Golden Boy of skiing, a beloved champion who competed in the 1968 Olympics and lives life to the fullest. When Claudine and Spider meet and fall in love, it's a tempestuous relationship that will end in murder.