She was torn between loyalty .. . and suspicion Trouble began for Boston-bred Molly Ryder when her tape recorder was stolen from her handbag. Later that day she found a dead man lying on her living room floor. Rick Boulter, an assistant district attorney, was involved with Operation S.N.A.R.E.--a covert strike force to entrap racketeers and extortionists. Because Molly was a linguist and recorded conversations of people with different speech patterns, she had inadvertently taped a conversation that could incriminate her uncle, Judge Ryder, and put Molly's life in danger--so Rick believed. Against her will, Molly teamed up with Rick to ferret out a clever--but unknown--adversary ... .