Private investigator Larry "Turk" McClendon, a former New York City policeman, is working as a bodyguard to Fred Blau when he returns to Los Angeles in an effort to talk crime boss Vince Albany into a deal. Blau's silence about a million-dollar swindle is offered in exchange for Albany's assurance that he will leave Blau and his family alone.

Pepper works undercover to expose a massive counterfeiting operation.

When a young girl murders herself after mailing a carton of drugs to police, Pepper is hot on the trail of a drug ring.