What started as a simple case of phony checks suddenly exploded with murder! Railroad detective Vic Moine found himself involved with the weirdest and most unholy collection of people ever to live outside the law. Boots, a lush, who was drinking herself to an early death. David Bryant, the man Vic was looking for. He kept two women under the same roof. One was his wife! Merna, David's wife. Her baby was all she had to live for now. Fay, David's other woman. She was planning to kill the baby. Ron, a teen-age punk. He stole for kicks -- and almost found himself on the short end of a murder rap. Rock, a retired detective. He stopped to help a lady in distress -- and then he was dead!