Robert Knoche & Richard Tabbelle, retired judge and prosecuting attorney, move from rural Ohio to San Francisco. They venture into retirement careers as private investigators. It is a rough transition involving murder attempts on their lives as they experience direct contact with those who control the shady side of life. Their efforts to work closely with the police homicide division is fraught with firmly established animosity and resistance. Their inerxperience as PI's plays havoc with the timing, techniques, and their investigative skills. Through an innate sense of humor Knoche and Tabbelle are able to side step the traditional investigator's role, and maintain a positive attitude when confronted by negative pressures. Mike Stenson, a wealthy financier is their first client. His wife is brutally murdered. The interweave of events and contradictions of clues seemly shatter rules of logic. Even though all the clues to solving this murder case are incorporated in the story, sorting out the real from the superficial is a challenge. You will walk side by side with Knoche and Tabbelle seeking to discover the idenity of the killer.