Fourteen-year-old Tabby Kendrick believes she sees a mugging and possible kidnapping. Unable to get satisfaction from the local police department, she seeks out the help of Private Investigator Ralph Deacon. Deacon, with the help of his dead buddy Mike, soon finds himself embroiled in a complex puzzle involving Kissimmee's Hispanic mob, the South American drug pipeline, a murder, and an extortion operation involving a popular exotic dancer.