It’sasunnyJanuarymorninginSanFrancisco,andJohnCallaghan,headofthepowerfulCallaghancrimesyndicate,isabouttobemurdered.Themysteryisn’twhy-overtheyears,he’smadeanynumberofenemies-butratherwho.Manycandidatesareemerging,eachwithastorytotell:hisviolentnephew,hisskeptical,world-wearylawyer,andhisseeminglyineptactorson-in-law.Thereareothercomplications:agreedywidowdemandingmoney,anambitiousyoungupstartlookingtomoveup,andrumorsofaratintheunioncrew.CanthemostdangerousmaninSanFranciscosurvivethethreatsinsidehisowncrimefamily?