"I'll be right over," she said.

No stranger to violence, Barbara was shocked at the sight of the nude woman flung across the blue bedspread. She was lying on her back, her hands tied behind her with a man;s necktie, her brown eyes wide and staring.

"No sign of forced entry," Lt. Grange said. "She must have admitted the killer herself."

Another rough case Barbara thought, coming right on top of last night's vehicular homicide. She wondered whether she shouldn't stick to being a wife and mother, but deep down she knew the law was in her blood.