The Chinese Door — Virginia Coffman

The Sinister Sands was what Laura Jason would have called the quiet beaches surrounding the beautiful Hawaiian resort, The Silver Sands. For in these rough waters and coral reefs, "accidental" death might easily claim a woman with enemies. And enemies Laura Jason had, though she could put no names to them. Nor could she depend on anyone's help or protection. For Laura herself was not what she claimed to be, and if the wrong people found out, the pretty ex-governess would find death shadowing her so closely that there would be no possibility of escape. So Laura could only watch and wait and suspect everyone. But her enemies could afford to wait too. And eventually she was bound to slip, to open herself to someone a little too much -- perhaps to someone like handsome actor Mike Bantry, whom she was beginning to depend on more than she should. When that happened, her terrifyingly nameless, faceless executioners would be ready to strike...