Tom Blake is down on his luck. A New York City private investigator and lawyer, he has been driven to alcoholism over the deaths of his wife and daughter who were killed by gang crossfire. One day, waking to find himself broke and sharing a gutter with a bum, Tom returns to his office only to be met there by Grace Andrews, a gorgeous woman with a big problem. It appears she is being blackmailed and seeks to enlist Tom's aid in running to ground the culprit behind the scheme. When Grace's friend photographer Sal Dante turns up dead, things begin to get ugly as the heat is cranked up to a boiling point. Before long Tom finds himself without a moment to spare as he becomes embroiled in a tangled web of mob violence and intrigue, faced with the opportunity for renewal in the lovely form of Grace.
Tom Blake is down on his luck. A New York City private investigator and lawyer, he has been driven to alcoholism over the deaths of his wife and daughter who were killed by gang crossfire. One day, waking to find himself broke and sharing a gutter with a bum, Tom returns to his office only to be met there by Grace Andrews, a gorgeous woman with a big problem. It appears she is being blackmailed and seeks to enlist Tom's aid in running to ground the culprit behind the scheme. When Grace's friend photographer Sal Dante turns up dead, things begin to get ugly as the heat is cranked up to a boiling point. Before long Tom finds himself without a moment to spare as he becomes embroiled in a tangled web of mob violence and intrigue, faced with the opportunity for renewal in the lovely form of Grace.