Private investigator Elvis Cole is contacted after a dying man claims to be the father who abandoned him as a child. The man has been murdered, and his final words pull Elvis into a search that is both professional and deeply personal. With Joe Pike beside him, Elvis follows the victim's past through Los Angeles and uncovers connections to violence, deception and an earlier crime. The investigation forces him to confront painful memories of his mother and the father he never knew. As the danger grows, he must discover whether the dead man spoke the truth or used Elvis for one last purpose.