Cruel April — Neil Albert

Dave Garrett, private detective and red-haired, green-eyed Kate McMahan spent four passionate days together before she returned to her teaching job--and her failing marriage--in Miami. There have been nothing but steamy phone calls since, until Garrett gets the call he is waiting for: Kate is coming back to him--for good.

That is why case-hardened, gun-packing Dave Garrett has a dumb grin and a pink Mylar "Welcome Home" balloon at the arrival gate when Kate's plane lands. The problem is she isn't on it. Tracking Kate sends Garrett from picturesque Pennsylvania towns to a seamy underworld. But as the people he questions along the way start getting killed, Garrett realizes that his hopes, his heart, and his life are on the line.