<P><B>In San Geronimo New Mexico the rich and famous mingle with the down and out and the secrets of the past collide with the crimes of the present....</B></P><P>Shortly after private eye Howard Moon Deer decides to settle down with his latest lady love he accepts a new case that takes him away from the home front and introduces him to the dangerous passions that drive San Geronimo's thriving art scene.</p><P>Howard and ex-police commander Jack Wilder have been hired to investigate Sherman Stone a man notorious for his torrid liaisons and low-life friends. Rumor has it that he's planning to have his wealthy wife killed. But before Howard can separate fact from fiction a local hobo is murdered and then Sherman himself meets an untimely end. Now Howard and Jack must follow a sinister trail of clues that leads them into the past — to the night when a precious painting was stolen and a murderous legacy was born....</P>
