When a young girl is found dead, all fingers point to the movie star and rapacious womanizer Jumbo Nelson. Jumbo's lawyers want Spenser to find out whether Jumbo did it. Never one to turn down a challenge, Spenser starts to investigate. Unfortunately, he can't stand the arrogant Jumbo. And then there's his bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, an alcoholic Cree warrior with a bad past and a worse temper. Spenser helps him to turn his life around, and subsequently Sixkill becomes an ally when he needs one most. But the LA mob are involved, and will stop at nothing to protect their 'asset'. Has Spenser finally met his match? This sharp and witty page-turner leads the legendary private eye into a case where his morality is questioned and his life laid on the line.