A kidnapped girl, a Gentleman's hidden retreat-all add up to murder and intrigue in WHOO -a mystery set in the backdrop of Michigan's white pine harvest at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Drifting tales of license and corruption, summon a group of investigative reporters from all parts of the mid-west to probe into allegations made by a woman, (rare in reporting circles), of rampant gambling, prostitution, and slavery in a northwoods logging town at the turn of the twentieth century. KELL THOMAS, leads an inveterate group of newsmen on a scandalous trail of decent, treachery, and murder as he delves into the rumors that make up the 'Ram's Pasture. Together with JAN RILEY, a local telegraph operator with her finger on the wrist of Seney's passions, they must take on FISHER, the man who carries out the orders for the sadistic owner of the Retreat. With a raging forest fire, Kell and Jan fight against all odds to bring down the evil that is-The Ram's Pasture.