<p>When the body of a fast-living young stockbroker is found in a shallow grave suspicion first falls on a cuckolded policeman. Lieutenant Joe Gunther investigates the increasingly bizarre details of the crime but he’s too far behind events to prevent a second murder. Indeed whoever is responsible always seems to be a few steps ahead as if there’s a leak in the police force. Sweltering August heat does nothing to calm the increasingly agitated town selectmen who demand results.</p>