For his latest hard-boiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson investigates a phone booth murder at a local campground. Madison Steele, an old high school sweetheart and now a sex worker, is the homicide victim. A vicious stalker is terrorizing her, and she seeks Frank's help. Her fatal shooting occurs when she is on the phone with him. Enraged, he finds three male suspects, all having close ties to Madison. Things heat up and get nasty before he tracks down her killer.

As he always does, Frank leans on his long-time friend and business partner, Gerald Peyton; his medical examiner wife, Dreema; and his brilliant but outspoken attorney, Robert Gatlin. While juggling these and his other cases, Frank works long hours to reach a satisfactory resolution for each of his clients.