Thomas Collins made his living wheeling-dealing San Francisco real estate-but he lived for sex, with every woman within his very long reach. There was his wife, who had grown afraid to be beautiful...his step-daughter, whom he wanted to teach things she could never learn in college...his secretary, who earned her bonuses the hard way...and the hooker, who gave the best value in town. But now Thomas Collins was missing, a big money policy on his life was up for grabs, and insurance investigator Devlin Tracy had to find him or his company faced a huge payoff. Trace couldn't afford to let even his gorgeous girlfriend Chico slow him down as he went through Collins' list of lovelies to find out how deadly too much sex could be...and what woman was one too murderously many..."