Content:
One a very hot summer's day, Nat meets his friend Annie down in the subway, but suddenly she faints and so he has to bring her to hospital. After her medical examination she begs him to find her lost son Jackie, whom she has not seen for about 20 years, as the doctors are concerned about her bad condition and expect her to die in a few days. Meanwhile, the investigator gets a mysterious letter from the wealthy Lady Joanna Whittaker, who invites him to her apartment as she is in search of “a professional”. The result of that strange meeting is that the widow decides to bequeath her whole possessions to him because he reminds her of her late husband. Before he can change her mind about the last will, the old lady passes away. The strange behaviour of her maid made Marley´s doubts grow that it was not a natural death. Finally, the two old ladies who couldn´t be more different caused a lot of trouble in New York´s summer heat and whether Marley can solve all these problems and whether the upper and the lower class will come together you can only find out by reading that book.