It began with little things. and for lovely Linda Parks, it began when she brought dinner home to her apartment in Greenwich Village. Four lamb chops, two for herself, and two for her roommate, Joyce Holbrook. But Joyce was not there. She had left a note, but also a strange series of puzzles: little things that began to pile up until Linda felt she had to talk to someone about it. So Linda called a friend. young sandy-haired Geoffrey Bowen of the District Attorney's office, and unwittingly brought him with her into a treacherous bog of intrigue.