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When A Murder Hits Close To Home, Frank... Finds Himself In An Unusual Position--the Prime Suspect. Frank And Sarah Malloy Are Enjoying Married Life And Looking To Make Their Family Official By Adopting Catherine, The Child Sarah Rescued And Has Been Raising As Her Daughter.... The Newlyweds Soon Discover, Parnell Vaughn, An Actor And Catherine's Legal Father, Has A Claim On The Child, And His Grasping Fiancée Is Demanding A Financial Settlement To Relinquish Parental Rights. Even Though Exchanging Money For A Child Is Illegal, Frank And Sarah's Love For Catherine Drives Them To Comply. When Frank Returns With The Money And Finds Vaughn Beaten To Death, All Evidence Points To Frank As The Culprit. A Not Quite Famous Actor With Modest Means, Vaughn Seems At First To Be An Unlikely Candidate For Murder--particularly Such A Violent Crime Of Passion--but Frank Soon Uncovers Real-life Intrigue As Dramatic As Any That Appears On Stage.