Following up Father Forgive Me, tough, smart lesbian P.I. Sydney Sloane tackles another perplexing case -- the murder of a cartoonist who appeared not to have an enemy in the world.
A bewildered 92-year-old nursing home patient must know why someone would murder her beloved granddaughter -- a rising cartoonist -- and why the police believe the killer is the victim's husband, prominent pediatrician Dr. Michael Callahan. As Sydney sets out to prove the good doctor's innocence, Callahan vanishes. Confronting an assortment of unlikely suspects, all of whom fiercely guard a wealth of secrets, Sydney learns that the strength of family ties cannot be broken -- not even by murder.
