While enjoying his usual Friday night after dinner beer at a local restaurant, Jacques (Jack) Ludefance's evening is suddenly shattered when a beautiful young woman sits down next to him, whispers, "Mister, can you help me?" then falls dead.After her death is ruled 'natural causes, ' Jack digs in to unravel the reasons she came to him desperately asking for his help and to investigate her mysterious death. To complicate matters further, her husband is a prominent, highly respected local business man. As Jack begins to unravel the pieces to the unsolved puzzle, the more heinous the crimes of the dead woman's husband become and Jack finds his own life is in danger.