The circus has come to town. Instead of laughter rising from the tent there's a single gun shot. A training session has gone terribly wrong, as someone has replaced the blanks in the gun with real bullets and Blondie the Orangutan has committed murder. It's a case like none other and Lt. Joe Novelli's called to the scene of the crime to figure out who had it for Blondie's trainer and is trying to frame her for the murder. Maybe it was the assistant trainer, the ex-wife who owns the circus, or someone else? Who ever it is, one thing's for certain. Blondie didn't act alone.