Easy Rawlins LAs most reluctant detective comes home one day to find Easter the daughter of his friend Christmas Black left on his doorstep Easy knows that this could only mean that the ex-marine Black is probably dead or will be soonEasters appearance is only the beginning as Easy is immersed in a sea of problems The love of his life is marrying another man and his friend Mouse is wanted for the murder of a father of As hes searching for a clue to Christmas Blacks whereabouts two suspicious MPs hire him to find his friend Black on behalf of the US Army Easys investigation brings him to a blonde woman Faith Laneer whose past is as dark as her beauty is bright As Easy begins to put the pieces together he realizes that Blacks dissappearance has its roots in Vietnam and that Faith might be in a world of danger.