Playboy sleuth Archy McNally, returns in an enticing novel of sun and sin in Palm Beach —- where the rich count their schemes before they're hatched. Well-to-do widow Edythe Westmore has announced her intent to invest a large part of her fortune in a Faberge Imperial egg. Horrified, her children argue against the financial risk —- and enlist Archy's services to put the kibosh on the deal. But when the sleuth sticks his nose in the widow's business —- closely watched by family and friends —- the whole case begins to smell like a rotten egg ... but much harder to crack.