A young lawyer in a public housing authority tries to solve a mystery. A major public works project is underway. In the course of his usual attention to task the awarding of contracts, the dealing with various complaints he discovers an anomaly. It appears a leak has developed, and funds otherwise unaccounted for are slipping away.
As he explores the issue further, however tentative, groping, uncertain he finds that more and more obstacles have subtly been placed in his way. The last of these, as he persists, are not so subtle the implication that he is somehow responsible for the disappearance of the funds and the attempt to kill him. He has, in short, become the object of his own investigation or some others.
Injured and alienated, he must find the way with the help of a few unlikely allies to exonerate himself and place blame where it belongs.
