No Pain, No Gaine — Edwina Franklin

In some cases crime pays...

And Sandy DiGianni found the switch to a police gazette more challenging than the women's magazine where she first cut her teeth. Her brainstorm to write a series about unsolved murders yielded a sinister turn. Police secretly blamed some of the deaths on a master of disguise, dubbed "Mr. Vanish." Was he real, or an easy scapegoat?

Detective Sergeant Ted Gaine was assigned to plug the Leak when it was clear Sandy's facts were gleaned from private police files. Soon enough, he got sidetracked, not only by the spirited, attractive woman, but by a string of freakish accidents and mishaps. Only Mr. Vanish could be behind them -- and he was out for blood.

The two raced against the clock, a race that became desperate as Sergeant Gaine turned from public protector to a man deeply in love.