Private-eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while cop Det Barry Tate rules that town. A story told from the traditional fashion of film noir. Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. He stung with way of a missing persons case and has been evicted out of his workplace. Ruined from the eye and with the police. It looks like it's around for Roland Drake. Redemption walks - with curves. The owner of those curves is an attractive, dark haired beauty. She wants his help. The chemistry is immediate and her concern with her household members' disappearance pulls him into her case - and into bed.