Final Estimate

begins when private detective Deirdre Cash is hired to find a missing daughter. After locating her, the case continues with the search for the daughter's missing boyfriend. It ends with a murder. Unwilling to leave the identity of the murderer to the police, Deirdre continues her investigation. In the process she encounters a number of fascinating suspects, including the mother whose daughter Deirdre had initially been hired to locate and her daughter's male and female associates. That's half of the story.

For the other half, Deirdre loses her husband to a young beauty with whom she becomes intimately involved. In the final estimate the tale ends in a double triumph.