Detective Rage buys some Girl Scout cookies from a young girl on her doorstep. She takes some to work to give away. But unknown to her, the Fraud's Chief Black has reports of fake Girl Scouts cookies being sold and he has samples and complaints on his desk.
Inspector Strong and his team are summoned to the Chief of Police's office to solves this case before it gets to the press. Detective Smith and Detective Rage go with the Inspector to the Chief's office.
"Earl, you are working out of Fraud, please resolve this matter before it gets on the front page of every newspaper in the country. The Girl Scouts cannot have that happen to them."
The Inspector is given several boxes of the phony cookies. But only a close inspection on the label shows they are fake. The fake cookies are quite good.
To complicate the problem, a new Northwest Girl Scout's Director has just arrived from their Chicago office to take over in Seattle. Does this new Director figure into the fake cookies? Or is this just a coincidence? Inspector Strong meets with the new Director, Joan Olson in his office and they discover something in her purse when she goes through the 'tunnel' checking for weapons.
Why is patrolman Jones asked to join the team working on the case? Shortly, he is a 'bug' inspector working for a respected insect company in Seattle. He inspects Joan's apartment and offices of the Girl Scouts after hours and this is known to only a few people. Is Jones going to be flown to the Chicago offices of the Girl Scouts looking for 'bugs?'
Are the cookies tied up with the CIA looking for terrorists? How is that possible?
Are the fake cookies going to start showing up all over the country? This worries the FBI.