Reuben Frost and his wife, Cynthia, are drawn into mysterious doings while vacationing in Venice when American fashion designer Greg Baxter is murdered after a loud, argumentative meal with his staff
Urbane lawyer and mystery-lover Ruben Frost is back to investigate a corporate-style murder. Flemming Andersen refuses a take-over by a New York firm and is found dead floating in his hot tub. Now Frost must figure out who is greedy enough to kill.
When the director of New York City's NatBallet is stabbed to death outside the stage door, elegant Reuben Frost teams up with detective Luis Bautista and, with the help of Reuben's wife Cynthia, tracks the murderer