Leonid Gill is hired to meet Zella Grisham at the bus station after she has been released from prison for a crime she did not commit. Gill knows this because he framed her. Although, now he is a private investigator, then he was a hired to fix other people’s problems (mostly illegal).

Gill’s personal life is as complicated as he is professional life. He has a depressed wife, a girlfriend who doesn’t want him and three children (one of which is actually his).

There is so much going on in this multifaceted story, and although, fast-paced, is not confusing. Mosley fills this mystery with family drama that makes for an outstanding read.