Each of them had a reason for hiding the identity of a murderer—

GEORGIANA HENNESSEY: An ex-female-cop, she stuck out her neck to help a private eye track down a killer because, at heart, Georgiana was all woman.

SHERRY TURNER: She was rich enough to offer Mac two hundred dollars to escort her home. She got home all right but he didn't.

LORRAINE KADEK: She was married to Sherry's current boy friend. When Mac went to question Kadek, he didn't get any answers. Someone had sealed his lips with a .38 bullet.

ESTHER JARVIS: She gave Mac the eye but she wasn't talking. And whoever had scared Esther into silence hadn't curbed her unhealthy appetite for men.