"Leonid McGill has spent a lifetime building his reputation as a private investigator in New York, which makes him the ideal man to help when Philip Worry comes knocking. Philip 'Catfish' Worry needs Leonid's help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father. The opportunity to do a simple favor while shocking the prevailing elite is impossible for Leonid to resist. But when a famed and feared assassin puts a hit on Catfish, Leonid has no choice but to confront the ghost of his own felonious past. Working to protect his client, and his own family, Leonid needs to reach the heiress on the eve of her wedding before her powerful father kills those who hold their family's secret."--Adapted from book jacket.
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