IncorrigibleboorJackTaylorisfiredfromtheGarda(Irishnationalpolice)forbrutalityagainstagovernmentminister.Hisexperience,somecontactsandcheapratesgethimstartedasprivateeyeinallbutname,assistedbyhisevenlesslaw-abidingbuddy,painterSutton.AnneHendersonhireshim,suggestinghermissingteenagedaughterwasthelatestinaseriesofsuspicious'suicides',whichhetracestosleazymanagerFord'sfactoryandillegalsexrecordings.Thatturnsoutonlythetipoftheiceberg,evenbeforeJackisbeatenbadlyandoldpublicanSeanisfatallyrunover.