Keith Morrison

Though not alarmingly, yet.

But then, outside, near the front entrance, they found blood.

And Tom Hovigin's missing person case suddenly became urgent.

Pretty soon, the whole country would take an interest.

Because the case of the missing socialite was about to take an unexpected turn.

into something diabolical.

Ever had any other case anything like this in your career?

Not even close.

What would follow and what came before is a story when all told of crimes astonishing in scale and scope.

Stretching from New York to L.A.?

Hawaii to the Caribbean, and at the center of it all, a criminal mastermind the likes of which we won't see again with any luck.

When she looked at you, she could look into your soul.

She is the most evil woman that I've ever met.

How do you tell the story and not be over the top?

She was over the top.

They looked everywhere that Fourth of July weekend in New York, sent the canines sniffing through her mansion top to bottom.

But try as they might, they could not find Irene Silverman.

Irene's friends, like fashion designer Zang Toi, were worried sick.

Someone tried to ask for ransom.

But no ransom note appeared.