Mike Shannon, a debonair, easy-going, hard-hitting private detective lives in the shadow of his famous detective father who was killed when Mike was young because he was investigating a cutthroat gang that has ruled Calgary, Connecticut for the last eighty years. His reluctance to use modern technology in his operation soon becomes an issue he can’t afford to ignore when he discovers a beautiful blonde woman sitting at his desk one day. The woman, Tracy Bryant, is dead and it looks like someone is trying to frame him.
With his partner Cal Smith, they set out to discover who killed the woman and dumped her in his office before the police find out about it. Eventually, they decide to leave the body on the street and let the police figure it all out.
Arriving at Mike’s office, they discover that the body is missing. As the mystery deepens they become aware that there is more to the mystery than just a dead woman.