Sincerest Flattery — Don G. Porter

Alex Price, bush pilot from Bethel, Alaska, arrives in Hawaii expecting an escape from February cold and dark to a tropical paradise and a visit with his cousin Ace. He finds Ace sitting in the living room with a bullet hole in his forehead. Most inexplicably, Ace has dyed his hair and changed his appearance so that Alex seems to be looking into a mirror.

Alex, wearing the face that Ace has stolen, realizes that the killer will assume Ace is still alive and will come back to finish the job. The ranch style house set right on the beach and the cars in the garage, all apparently paid for, tell Alex that Ace had quite a lot of money and Alex scrambles to learn where it came from. Neighbors wander in and out, including the drop dead gorgeous Melanie who swims daily, Hilda the nubile but innocent housekeeper, Babs the pineapple heiress, and Ginny, Ace s intended.

The killer comes back; a deadly cat and mouse game covers the Island. Some Alaska style helicopter flying is needed.