Fresh out of journalism school, Tommy Jacks begins his career as a newspaper reporter in the 1960s, finding intrigue, love, tragedy, and maybe himself. On the trail of a competing reporter's killer, Tommy collects an interesting entourage of fools and geniuses. Taylor Albright, legendary gossip-monger and discredited columnist; Ray Jacks, Tommy's father, an infamous political leader now in state prison; Joe Louongo, slimy lawyer of questionable ethics; Steve Marsh, sportswriter and former famous football star; J.H. Gilmore and his son, Robbie, wealthy and conniving owners of a competing newspaper; Tracy Clark, beautiful TV reporter; and Judy Jackson, gorgeous past playmate of Tommy's. A story of the '60s, full of intrigue, love, and tragedy-Tommy Jacks: Muckraker.