An actress, furious that she has been duped into working at an escort service, goes to confront her boss about the situation. She is shocked when she discovers her boss's dead body and is later arrested for the murder.

When therapist George Prescott is murdered by one of McBride's friends, McBride begins to trawl for suspects among the doctor's biggest cases, as well as vindictive lovers, jealous colleagues and vengeful rivals. The disappearance of Prescott's corpse then provides McBride with his biggest challenge.

McBride's case involves two larger than life radio stars who host the highly successful morning show "Ron and Bob." But when Ron is murdered and all the evidence points to Bob, McBride and Phil begin investigating, uncovering a list of other suspects that includes virtually everyone else at the station.