Civil Rights attorney Jordan Miller, hampered by asthma, has just concluded a morning ocean swim in preparation for his first Hawaii Ironman Triathalon when he discover a stranger's body next to his Malibu beach home. With the help of five women - a kinky Asian computer hacker, a beautiful Afro-American zoologist, two hip teenage daughters, and a deceased wife - Jordan must solve this murder, and several more that follow, before the real killers put him on death row.