Take a Number

In Alameda County, east of San Francisco, the all-American pastimes of adultery, divorce, and mindless violence prosper--and a cad like Petty Officer First Class Sam Raynor, USN, fits right in. Private investigator Jeri Howard is working for Raynor's battered wife, who has decided she wants not only a divorce, but half of everything Raynor's got. Jeri's job: to locate some big bucks that Raynor never earned working for Uncle Sam, now well stashed away.

The money proves elusive, Raynor's other ugly secrets less so. Barely concealed behind his blond and muscled good looks is a vicious psychopath with a gift for covering his tracks. It seems Petty Officer Raynor has been getting away with murder, or the next thing to it. And now that Jeri is on his case, a murder that had to happen finally does....