The murder rate in Indianapolis is climbing, and someone wants to add 70-year-old private eye Deets Shanahan to the city's crime statistics. Who is it? Why? While the veteran investigator is willing to take on the mysterious stalker, he fears that the love of his life, live-in girlfriend Maureen, is in the killer's sights as well. Shanahan's sometimes partner, Howie Cross, wants to help his old friend stay alive, but has troubles of his own. The younger detective comes home to find a five-year-old girl on his doorstep, and it soon becomes clear he can't ask the police what she's doing there. Past loves prove dangerous for nearly everybody...