Once upon a time, Myron Bolitar and Greg Downing competed both on the basketball court and in love... And now it is Myron, a sports agent and talented amateur detective, who will have to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Greg, who has become a professional basketball star over the years. Club owner , for whom Greg played, does not want either a scandal or police intervention. Bolitar, forced to act at his own peril and risk, soon learns that the disappeared Greg was blackmailed by a certain person calling herself Carla Whitney. Perhaps she knows something about his whereabouts ?However, before Bolitar can talk to Karla, she is brutally killed...