Abstract: Las Vegas, 1986. A college graduate is murdered when he is unable to pay back a loan funded by the notorious criminal Lorenzo Dante. Two years later private investigator Kinsey Millhone assists in apprehending a shoplifter - Audrey Vance - in a shopping centre. But then Audrey's body is discovered beneath the Cold Spring Bridge, a local suicide spot. When Audrey's fiance hires Kinsey to investigate, she finds that the shoplifter was involved in a much larger operation. Meanwhile, Lorenzo Dante is frustrated with his violent brother Cappi. He meets the beautiful Nora, who exerts a powerful pull over the gangster. As Kinsey's enquiries reach a dramatic head, it becomes clear that she and Dante have one thing in common - they must be careful whom they trust...