This got a bit messy near the end, but I'm willing to overlook that because the rest of it was SO FUN.

The book opens with a reclusive director's daughter committing suicide. A washed up journalist who lost his credibility by reporting on the director in the past is compelled to investigate the suicide. A mystery unfolds that has him trotting all over Manhattan (along with two unlikely sidekicks) in his quest for the truth.