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 of Sally Fenning, though he claims the beautiful, depressed multi-millionairess wanted him to donthe deed. Even so, Knight has been named in Fenning's will, aling witg five others, all vying for a fortune. The catch is that only the last living would-be beneficiary will inherit the $ 46 million. So begins a twisted game of survival if the greediest - and deadliest - as one-by-one, the heirs start to fall. And suddenly Jack's caught up in a chilling race to ensure that the last to die is not Jack Swyteck.