Tight Lines — William G. Tapply

THREE CORPSES AND A FAMILY TREE .. .
The flaming New England autumn always makes Brady Coyne uncomfortable, what with its intimations of death--and the end of fishing season. And the lawyer's mood is not lightened when a New England blue blood urges him to find the ne'er-do-well daughter she has not seen in years.

AND A PRODIGAL DAUGHTER WHO NEVER RETURNED
The young woman Brady's fishing for is Mary Ellen Ames. She has everything to live for--literally: a houseful of priceless early American artworks and a remarkably large stack of negotiable securities. Not to mention the chance to say a final good-bye to her dying parent. But Mary Ellen's not taking the bait. Who's she running from? There's more than one person who'd like to catch the Ames bequest. One of them's a high-powered Puritan with a yen for Yankee real estate. Another's a lover with a history to hide. The way Brady sees it, Mary Ellen's a minnow--lost in a pool swarming with sharks in grinning disguise... .