Private Investigator Tom O'Toole (Nolte) is faced with the two most dangerous mysteries of his career. One is a small town murder. The other is the seductive young woman who's hired him to solve it. When Angela (Winger) hires O'Toole to prove the innocence of a local teenager, he soon realizes that nothing is as it seems. What he does know for certain, he's falling for his client. What he doesn't know could get him killed.