It is 1957 and a prominent author has been murdered in Rutledge, NY. Detective Harry Brock has been assigned to the case and Ace Williams, along with help from his longtime off and on assistant, Nitro, must prove his mysteriously acquired client innocent before Brock proves him guilty. The plot evolves in Miami, Chicago, and Rutledge as drug smuggling, beautiful women, and crooked politics enter the picture.
