Mel Hawthorne s prospects with Sarah Gavin appear slim, particularly once her fiancé announces his pharmaceutical firm has cured cancer despite knowing the drug's side effects. While washing windows at a Philadelphia building, Mel witnesses a murder, but unfortunately the police can't find a body nor any evidence of foul play. Mel races to solve the alleged crime, but what Sarah s fiancé doesn t realize is that concealing the drug s side effects immediately sparked a twist of fate that s been smoldering for years, leaving a trail of evidence that no one but Mel and his closest cohorts cares enough about to pursue.