A vacation on a tropical island is suddenly interrupted—Bolitar is told VERY BAD news…
His client, baseball player Clu Heyd, has been killed, and Esperanza Diaz is suspected of the murder. Esperanza has worked for Bolitar’s agency for many years.
So what happened? Why do all the clues point to Esperanza? And, most strangely, why does she stubbornly refuse to talk to Bolitar, while her lawyer advises him not to get involved?
To prove Esperanza’s innocence, Bolitar begins his own investigation and comes to an unexpected conclusion: the reasons for the tragedy that ended Clu’s life must be found in the distant past, when the baseball player made a tragic and ridiculous mistake…