The welcome return of Leonid McGill, Walter Mosley's NYC-based private eye, following ALL I DID WAS SHOOT MY MAN. Leonid finds himself in an unusual pickle of trying to balance his cases with his chaotic personal life. Meanwhile, Leonid is approached by an unemployed office manager named Hiram Stent to track down the whereabouts of his cousin, Celia, who is about to inherit millions of dollars from her father's side of the family. Leonid declines the case, but after his office is broken into and Hiram is found dead, he gets reeled into the underbelly of Celia's wealthy old-money family.