A former L.A. sportswriter-turned-detective, Zenaria is also a survivor of a bad marriage and lung cancer. During the holiday season, her cat having recently died, a distinctly depressed Zen stops in at her neighborhood bar and is on the scene when her cousin, Daniel Moses, is found dead in the bar's walk-in refrigerator. Zen thought Danny had committed suicide 12 years ago, following an argument with her. Looking into his murder now seems the least she can do, even though she's occupied with another case that has her searching for the long-lost father of a TV talk-show host.