Springfield-1940's To some it might seem like a quiet, easy going southwest Missouri town, but Private Investigator Max Black knows better. When a female is found dead in the river, Max and Pat, the Chief of Detectives at the City PD, team up to investigate. Then Max is hired by two men, who claim to be brothers, to find their missing sister. He suspects she could be the murder victim, but his suspicions run even deeper when he finds out the men aren't who they say they are. Max is pushed to his limit when his girlfriend Shelly's life is threatened by the two goons. Mayhem breaks out when he attempts to save her and one of the men loses his life. It becomes clear to Max, and Pat, that someone is trying to tie up loose ends so they won't be discovered. While Max looks for the missing woman, many are wounded, maimed and killed, no one will come forward with information of who is behind the cover up. Who could it be? What Max uncovers turns the trace into an unsavory business, and the missing woman turns out to be more, much more. Will his discovery rock the easy going town to its very core? Join Max as he follows one clue after the other, uncovering the dark side of the city that he knows so well and the nasty enterprise that reaches to the very ones who defend the city itself.