Wade Paris of Eastern City lifts the lid on the coffin in which Lily Paulsfoot is buried, questions the death certificate of coronary occlusion and suspects a possibility of political collusion since Lily's husband is slated for the governorship. And as the inquiry gains impetus, it bears censure on the life she led and the men she led astray, accumulates the evidence of murder which, in its prosecution, tarnishes lives other than here....Keeps going, but that's about all.