Shelley Lunt is found hanged in a Liverpool flat belonging to private investigator and local radio DJ, Johnny Ace. Shelley's sister does not believe it was suicide and hires Johnny to find the kliller. Meanwhile, as if he didn't have enough problems with his complicated love life, Johnny finds himself in serious trouble when six policemen burst into his home in the early hours searching for stolen goods. Which they find. Johnny is determined to find out who has framed him and why. Could it somehow be connected to Shelley's death? When, one by one, Johnny's witnesses are found dead, he realises he could be next.