Charleston Nights

A beautiful woman is murdered in London and the crime goes unsolved.Months later and thousands of miles away, a young journalist has a fateful predawnmeeting on a bridge in Charleston. . .Reporter Steve Lore doesnt know what to make of Clayton St. John.Though St. John has been in the Holy City for just six months, his wealth andgood looks have bedazzled the towns social elite. But is St. John who he claims tobe? Did he actually serve in the Vietnam War? How did he get the money he hasspent restoring an antebellum home and making hefty donations to the citys historicpreservation society? Why does he throw lavish parties that begin as polite societyaffairs and end as orgies? And why would a man like St. John befriend a strugglingreporter like Steve, a man who lacks St. Johns confi dence, charisma and cash?Steve is both charmed and baffl ed by his stylish new friend, but when he tries tounravel St. Johns secrets, the mystery just deepens.Soon the menace unleashed by the young womans murder putsa whole family in mortal danger. St. John is forced to admit the truthabout his background, and Steve has to face his own troubled past or loseCandace, the woman he loves. Ultimately, all of them have to decide who they trustand what they are willing to risk in the steamy heat of those Charleston Nights.