Diane Trask was 18, lovely and an heiress. When her stepfather's death left her suddenly alone, she realized with a shock how little she really knew of life. Yet here amid the glamour of an opulent ocean liner, Diane was to learn of the intrigues, betrayals, and passions that smoldered beneath the shimmering surface of the lives of the very rich-- passions that were to erupt in murder! And suddenly she knew that her life was in danger, that there was no one in the world she could trust, not even the man whose eyes spoke of a secret sorrow, and who had so boldly awakened the woman in her...
