When the ex-mayor's putrid body shows up buried in a field outside the town's ritziest neighborhood, the Monroe Police Department decides it needs help pronto since their chief investigator just landed up in the hospital. Unfortunately, the only ones available are the prickly local private investigator Fox and a clairvoyant out-of-towner named Thayne who clash within the first five minutes. Just as the bodies start to pile up, only the clues from a mysterious child nicknamed 'Bouncer' can lead the oddball detective team of Fox & Thayne to the murderer before he sharpens his knife again.