When his sleazy and long-estranged brother dies in a hot tub, regular-guy Marcus Ripp unexpectedly inherits his brother's dry cleaning business. Since he's recently lost his job when the company he worked for relocated to China, and his wife's boutique isn't making a dime, and his son wants a respectable bar mitzvah, and his mother-in-law (who lives with them) is having health issues, and he's deep in debt, Marcus views this inheritance as a god-send. How hard can it be to run a dry-cleaning business?

Well, it's more than Marcus could have ever imagined when it turns out the business is actually a front for a very lucrative "escort" service. As the cash starts rolling in, Marcus vows he will only keep the business for two years. That should be enough time to get out of debt and establish a nice nest egg for the future. But much to his surprise, Marcus has a talent for the business. He soon becomes known by the moniker "Breeze" and starts running the service like a real business with health coverage and retirement plans for the girls. When his wife finally figures out what's going on, she becomes involved in the business, as well.

But Marcus' success doesn't sit well with a rival. Soon he's up to his armpits in mean bodyguards, adversarial pimps, big guns and a dead body. Whoa! This isn't what he bargained for going into this venture. Why can't everybody just get along?

This is a witty and bitingly satirical look at the sordid California lifestyle and what happens when it comes in conflict with the ideals of an ordinary, working-class family. The first part of the book is a trifle slow to get started, but once it takes off, the action and adventure is nonstop and hilarious. And the ending is a pure delight.