When an elderly multimillionaire is found brutally murdered inhis Hollywood home, his young wife raped and beaten, andhis art and jewels stolen, the motive seems pretty clear. But whenthe investigation doesn't turn up a single lead, the case is closedand his stunning widow vanishes.

Nearly a decade later, the victim's son, Matt Daley, makes ashocking discovery: three murders identical to his father's havetaken place across the globe in recent years. In each case the widow,the sole beneficiary of the will, donates everything to children'scharities.

As the case is reopened and another murder discovered, Mattbecomes besotted with the latest widow until she, too, disappears.It's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.