Abstract:
Why did Roddie fire Mickey Jones, his lawyer, and then sue him? Was it a coincidence this happened at the same time of the death of Roddie’s wife, a wealthy Bancroft heir?

Mickey Jones has to find out. He hires the best investigator around, Jacob Stern, the disillusioned, disgruntled and jaded private detective who is sick of the evil sludge he is constantly trudging through.

Jake heads into the gay scene of Rio de Janeiro, penetrating a wealthy cell buying up AIDS victims’ life insurance policies, a scam called viaticals, worth millions.