'We do it for love' was the motto of the conference at journey's end in Los Angeles. But it was murder not love tha set Maggie Murphy, police officer and fledgling author on the trail of the murderer of Tessie Love, the trip's organiser found hideously strangled in her compartment. Luckily Maggie finds help Sergeant Rafferty who not only brings his experience in detection to The Love Express but the tantalising promise of romance into the heart of Maggie Murphy.