Private Eye Chester Drum is thrust into a dark web of intrigue when he witnesses fellow detective Gil Sprayregan run down by a speeding car. Sprayregan had given Drum his first big break in the P. I. game, and Drum can't help but take it personally. As Drum digs into the case, he discovers a spicy Washington sex scandal with ties leading up to someone important at the Indian Embassy. Will Drum's search for Sprayregan's killer find him looking down the wrong end of a gun with someone else's itchy finger on the trigger? - Summary by Ben Tucker