num_pages: 192
description: Kramer, the ebullient young lawyer from Astoria, Colorado, is hired by socialite Stephanie Mason to secure a divorce from her second husbnad, whose children have rlentlessly worked to undermine the match. Before the papers can be drawn, though, the husband is murdered and Kramer sets out to find the killer. Too much togehterness can breed murder, says Kramer's detective partner, but which member of the family is responsible? There is Stephanie herself, who once borrowedRupert's gun to ward off a prowler. Also suspected is his vengeful ex-wife whose main reason for being is her hatred of Rupert. Jarvis and Rhoda, two of Rupert's children, a couple of saw-toothed barracudas are badly in debt and have every reason to kill him to collect his inheritance. Finally, there is a blonde wearing alligator beads who was seen leaving the motel where he was murdered, possibly a hippie girlfriend of his son Nicky. In Kramer's new case, murder is only the beginning, triggering a family squabble with fatal ramifications.
language: English
title: The Cold Ones
titlecomplete: The Cold Ones
series: Phil Kramer
publisher: Simon & Schuster