It's Christmas time in New Orleans and the richest man in the city, Cyril Jessup, receives a visit from a stranger claiming to be his previously unknown grandson, the issue of a one-night stand between Jessup's late son, a soldier on his way to Viet Nam and a Bourbon Street stripper. Is he an imposter? Jessup calls in Margo Fortier, ex-stripper turned society columnist to investigate.