Sam Jeffreys sold a book idea to a publisherand now he needs help from a friend who's been placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program. If his friend, Cornelius Nicora, a political boss, will spill the beans about the mafia, Jeffreys will have a blockbuster expos and his fortune will be made. Unfortunately, after locating Nicora, Nicora is murdered and Jeffreys is caught holding the smoking gun!Jeffreys has to cut a deal to get out of jail and find the real killers. He soon realizes that the real killers are harder to get away from than the police! And making matters worse, his editor, fearful of losing her first book, has him in her grips; and she's not about to let go until she gets a manuscript!