Murder in Waiting — Mignon G. Eberhart

TO KILL AN HEIRESS

Bea had lived a sheltered young life of wealth and privilege--but she was exposed to the harsh glare of publicity and the shadows of intrigue when she inherited a fortune beyond her dreams.

So many people were crowding in around her...her beautiful, sophisticated cousin Lorraine, who once had scorned her...the handsome, highly eligible United States Senator who suddenly seemed to realize Bea was a woman..the debonair Italian count who made her head spin with his cynical charm...and of course Rufe, whom Bea had loved for as long as she could remember...

All of them said they had come to help her. But Bea knew that at least one had come to kill...