Detective Sugar Ray Hinton has a dead prostitute on his hands; a woman he'd just had sex with hours earlier. Who killed Casandra Dupree and why is a question Detective Ray has to investigate. His prime suspect is Frederick Williamson, the owner of two clothing stores in Nashville, a rich man and a philanderer who was involved with Casandra. Sugar Ray is shot at and witnesses are killed but the detective prods on and eventually the killer is unmasked.