By-the-book, straight-arrow Mexican investigator Vargas [made up to look dark but speaking with a natural American accent] offers his unofficial assistance to the case as an observer - he postpones his honeymoon plans to go to Mexico City and prosecute the Grandi dope rial.To pass the time as they eked out a living during an isolated existence, Peter played tennis with himself, pounding new flourescent tennis balls against a rooftop wall." Dexter describes how Kidd had blackmailed him into bringing the two magazine employees into the estate to cover the wedding.While following after Uncle Benny, PI Getz had determined that the crime lord was having dentistry work done, and so he plotted to impersonate a patient with a painful, emergency dental problem.Are the beguiling Joshua's motives honest and above reproach, or is he hiding secrets from her, and not disclosing his true identity? In their early conversations together, they often have witty (and goofy) dialogues ogether: (Reggie: "Do you know what's wrong with you?" Peter: "No, what?" Reggie: "Absolutely nothing").