Miami criminal attorney Jack Swyteck doesn’ t want Tatum Knight as a client. But the allegedly “ reformed” contract killer is the brother of Jack’ s best friend, and the assassin swears he had nothing to do with the shooting death ofSally Fenning, though he claims the beautiful, depressed multi-millionairess wanted him to do the deed. Even so, Knight has been named in Fenning’ s will, along with five others, all vying for afortune. The catch is that only the last living would-be beneficiary will inherit the $46 million. So begins a twisted game of survival of the greediest and deadliest as, one-by-one, the heirs start to fall. And suddenly Jack’ s caught upin a chilling race to ensure that thenext to die is not Jack Swyteck.