Private Detective James Cutter specializes in handling seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his friend Lieutenant Ben Carter, the series follows his exploits as he solves a variety of crimes, most of which involve a murder along the way.

Carl Franklin, an undercover cop with the state police narcotics unit is shot in his home. His neighbors claim that they could hear three shots at the night Franklin was killed, however, the detectives could find only one bullet in the locked room where they found