Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1948
Someone wants Edwin McMasters dead. Heâs old. Heâs loaded. Heâs a ruthless businessman. And he has three greedy adult children who stand to inherit a fortune, and the family business, when heâs gone. Is it one of them or one of his business rivals?
After a brief phone call with the cranky millionaire, Lacey Stocking, one half of the Hardley A. Witt Detective Agency, reluctantly takes the case. Lacey and Hardley expect a quick meeting with their client to discuss details. Instead, theyâre hauled off at gunpoint to the McMastersâ family estate to uncover who wants the old man dead. With a shadowy figure lurking about, death threats, and a missing daughter will Lacey and Hardley stop the killer before itâs too late?