This is the 17th in a series of novels that revolve around JP Parker a 100 year old retired New York City private detective from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. The novels are his first person recollections as told to a young writer who is compiling them into book form. They deal with his most notable cases and the famous people who crossed his path. In another manuscript written by his late wife, Doris, Parker is hired in 1955 to investigate a business man's suicide. The only unusual item is the detective's recently deceased father's name appearing in the dead man's financial records. This misfitting piece sends Parker and Doris on a wild adventure involving money laundering, kidnapping, assault, death, and the detective's Native American relatives. Meanwhile, in the present day, Parker's writing partner, Freddy, retrieves an old, apparently very valuable, item from a storage unit. When others learn about it, Freddy and his wife, Sandra, are pulled into a frightening mix of lies and murder. While both the retired PI and the young writer are forced to rely heavily on their wives, they also learn surprising things about themselves.