There's a certain amount of urgency added to an investigation when lots of money is at stake - in this case, the largest lottery payout in Florida history. Charley Comstock got the money. But his first cousin (and sole heir) is convinced that Comstock is dead, and that the money belongs to him. For private investigator Jean-Marie Beauvais the matter is simple: how to prove that someone who's avoided social contact most of his life is alive...or dead.
