Only the author of The Carpetbaggers could have written this explosive novel about the moment of truth for a group of people forced at last to face the consequences of their amoral selfish lives.
Luke Carey, whose entire life was changed by a late-night telephone call; Nora, his first wife, a brilliant artist who believed that her only responsibility was to her ever-demanding body; Dani, their daughter, fourteen and confused in an adult world; Rick, a gigolo, loved passionately by both mother and daughter; Marguerite Cecilia Hayden, Dani's grandmother, who could manage two fortunes, but not her promiscuous daughter; Elizabeth, Luke's second wife, who took a gamble few women would willingly take.
Had Luke's daughter murdered her mother's love? He had to find out, even though going back into the nightmare of the past might lose him all he had gained.