Playing and joking around at their regular game of poker, the five LAPD detectives do not realize it will be their last game together. The next morning, Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs receive the call that their fellow officer's wife is dead. It looks like a professional hit, but they can't find any motive for the murder. The logical suspect is the husband, but neither Mike nor Terry can visualize their co-worker as the killer. When they delve into Reggie and Jo Drabyak's life, they discover her business of remodeling houses and then flipping them for a profit. Jo was a partner with other cops' wives and a mystery writer, who uses the flipped homes in her books.

Their leads stall; then another murder occurs. They now have a serial killer who is targeting LAPD wives. Lomax and Biggs receive pressure from the hierarchy to solve the case quickly. Their humorous and quick-witted banter eases the tension, but they just can't put their finger on the elusive thread that connects the cases.

I have not had this much fun reading a murder mystery in quite awhile. The back-and-forth bantering of the wisecracking Lomax and Biggs vastly entertains, while Mr. Karp delivers a first-rate plot with enough twist and turns at a record fast pace that guarantees to surprise readers. I enjoyed this book so much that I am going right out to buy the two previous Lomax and Biggs mysteries.