Spencer is hired by a beautiful, rich widow to look into her son's drug arrest. It should be a simple problem, but the son isn't cooperating, and after three murders, the simple case becomes complicated. The trail of clues soon involves a Chicago police detective, an FBI agent, a US senator, the head of a Chicago gang, and a nun who tells Spencer the Lord will provide. The Lord does, but not in a way Spencer expected. The list of suspects is long and confusing. Why would a senator risk his career? Why would a detective be involved with drugs? And how does the widow's affair fit into the puzzle? Drugs lead to murders, and murders lead back to drugs, and the only way Spencer can tie all the loose ends together is to set a trap, one that may very well land him in jail, or dead. The result is his most challenging case yet.