Receiving a frantic call from an eccentric former neighbor from the Los Angeles neighborhood where she once worked as a private investigator, Regan reluctantly traces the activities of the woman's ex-boyfriend, a con man with suspicious ties on both sides of the law.

Regan Reilly -- the smart, saucy sleuth featured in all of Carol Higgins Clark's bestsellers -- is in New York attending a crime conference organized by her celebrity-author mother ... and enjoying time with a new beau, Jack "no relation" Reilly. It's not long before trouble finds her: a family friend, Thomas Pilsner -- the president of the Settlers' Club on Gramercy Park -- desperately needs help. Two Settlers are dead, diamonds they were donating...

Private investigator Regan Reilly and her husband Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, hop from one Jersey shore resort town to the next in hopes of solving a tough case, one which is complicated when Regan bumps into an old friend she hardly recognizes.

While on a business trip with her husband in Los Angeles, Regan Reilly reconnects with Zelda, with whom she appeared on a television game show, and whose sudden fortune has made her a target.