"To most people, death is the end of life's story. To lawyers, it's often just the beginning." "To lawyer Lennox Kemp, the death of his ex-wife Muriel is both end and beginning. It's the end of whatever remained of the lighthearted young woman with whom he'd once shared part of his youth. It's the end, too, of reliving the painful period when her gambling debts forced him for a time to give up his law career." "And death brings new trouble for Kemp when he discovers that Muriel has bequeathed him a string of Las Vegas casinos. Muriel also left Kemp her valuable ruby necklace, which, together with her most recent will and the nurse who cared for her in her final days, is missing from her Fifth Avenue apartment." "With some help from chatty New York private eye Bernie Shulman, Kemp sets out to discover just what occurred in Muriel's apartment as she lay dying. Who were her friends and her enemies, and why did she name Lennox as heir? Why are some very unsavory characters so determined to keep Kemp out of the casino business? Most urgent of all, where is the nurse? She may be in mortal danger." "Kemp would prefer that any nastiness be restricted to the American side of the Atlantic, but when the final showdown comes, it is in England, where the local police get a taste of violence Nevada-style. It's an experience neither Kemp nor the city of Newtown will soon forget."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved