P.I. Stanley Bentworth is on the lam and in trouble again, this time accused of the murders of two mob enforcers. Not only is there a contract on him, the local cops want him too. This time, he’s the prime suspect with means, motive, and opportunity.

Means? Both goons are killed by bullets from Stan’s guns.

Motive? One of them beats Stan’s young assistant to a pulp; the other one buries Stan alive.

Opportunity? He’s carrying and he has no alibi.

Stan is hard pressed to keep himself out of the slammer and off the slab. His only hope is to solve the murders himself, something he is equipped to do, but something that won’t be so easy given that Stan is on the lam.