Joe DeMarco’s boss, John Mahoney (Speaker of the House), has a goddaughter. Cassie is 15, and the child of one of his rich constituents. Sadly, her parents died when their private plane crashed due to loss of oil pressure. Even sadder, Cassie is now under the care of Mahoney – and he dispatched Joe to look out for her until wife Mary Pat is able to step in.
Another sudden death occurs due to a shooting, in which Cassie’s trust’s auditor is murdered. DeMarco starts to connect the dots and wonder if the plane crash might not have been accident. Perhaps Erin Kelly, the trust fund manager, has something to hide, especially when she suddenly leaves the country and millions go missing.
Meanwhile, DeMarco meets Shannon Doyle, an author who works in a bar. He asks her out and he takes her to ice hockey. He also investigates Tommy Hewlett, a former driver for Mahoney who is blackmailing him
DeMarco still loves golf and is a generally lazy man, but in this book he certainly shows growth, deciding for himself that justice needs to be done, and taking control of situations where in the past he needed help from his friend Emma.
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