It has often been said 'That bank is to big to fail', 'That business can't be allowed to fail', 'Shes too beautiful to be a serial killer.' The scene is Los Angeles California. The time period is the twentieth century circa 1955, when the average Social Security check was $77.00 a month. Angelically beautiful Nicole Fitzmaurice is a sociopathic criminal, so lovely that none can see her guilt even in connection with the most blatant crimes Few know that this ethereal, facade hides an utterly immoral and cruel heart within. Her insatiable lust for power and money claim many an innocent victim till one day, a lawyer is called upon to defend his best friend and cousin, James Meredith in a murder trial. Meredith is alleged to have murdered a young man in a fit of jealous rage because he objected to the man's friendship with Meredith's lovely fiancee. The lady in question turns out to be Nicole Fitzmaurice Conventional ideas of beauty are typically associate it with goodness and kindness. However, appearances can be deceptive. This is a tale which sets out with an American man being sentenced for murder and a beautiful, innocent woman having had to testify against him. Except, what everyone thinks is exactly opposite to the truth, according to the condemned man's friend and attorney. He claims that his friend was framed. Meanwhile, poverty stricken Lydia gets pulled into this scenario completely out of the blue and is put in the situation of having to decide who to trust. One person is telling the truth and the other is out to murder her. You are not really ever in the dark about it, but watching Lydia's thinking; your author hopes you will also enjoy seeing the behind the scenes machinations.