"There are all kinds of propositions you can't refuse. For gumshoe Benny Cooperman it's being asked by the Rabbi and the President of Grantham's synagogue to try to find a missing lawyer who has absconded with the life savings of half of the Jewish community. Benny knows he'll never see a dime out of it, but what can you do? It's summer in the city----and it's going to be a hot one. "