Vegas Chantly is a down-and-out private investigator living in a travel trailer. One morning, soon after her quirky mother wakes her up, she gets a sudden phone call. Chess champion Wilson Hopkins has been found dead in his hotel room. Vegas needs the work, but this case is a big one, With her well-intentioned mother so determined to tag along, the craziness piles up-

and so do the bodies.

This is no game. Vegas has got to stay focused if she is going to Checkmate a Killer.