Tom Kendall, a down to earth private detective, is asked to investigate
the death of a young newspaper reporter. The evidence shows quite
clearly that it was an accident: a simple, dreadful accident. That is
the finding of the coroner and the local police. Furthermore, there were
two witnesses. They saw the whole thing. But was it an accident, or was
it something more sinister? Against a backdrop of a viral epidemic
slowly spreading from Central America, a simple case soon places Kendall
up against one of the largest drug companies in the country.