Tormented by a satin-skinned package of dynamite who offered him ecstasy unfettered by convention . . . Bedeviled by another woman who wanted a master . . . Given 12 hours to get out of town - and then framed for murder.This was the grim situation faced by Todd Corwin shortly after he came to Longport seeking Julie Steadman s killer.If he cleared out of town he was sure of safety. If he stayed, nothing was certain except more trouble with the police and a deepening involvement with the Vollmer clan -Austin, who owned everything in town including the cops . . . Joy, Austin s wife, who took men where she found them . . . and Gail, the step-daughter, who would risk anything to take Todd away from Joy.