'M' is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California. 'M' is for Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune -- four men with very different temperaments and needs, linked only by blood and money. Eighteen years ago, one of them -- angry, troubled and in trouble -- went missing. 'M' is for Millhone, now hired to trace that missing black sheep brother. And, in brutal consequence, 'M' is for murder ..
