Private Investigator Samuel Dixon unravels the mystery surrounding a missing father, and a series of murders discovered at Jacks Peak in Monterey, California. His client, a beautiful woman named Sarah Crowly, captures Dixon's heart, and this romantic involvement with her, soon causes problems for him throughout the investigation. Dixon, who has a problem with alcohol, gambling, and a psychotic cat named PITA, is helped along the way by a neighbor friend named Julia, and by a Sheriff's Department Captain named Danny Oliver.

This is book one of a series of murder investigations by Private Investigator Samuel Dixon.