Prosperous but ever-hapless attorney Danny Compton has an unerring nose for exceptionally unsavory murder cases, and his latest outing has all the earmarks of fireworks in the love and S&M gone wrong, a vengeful spouse and a possible killer cop. That's just for starters. Then of course there's Danny's cousin Charlene (cross-dressing hitman Charlie) — every lustful guy's eye magnet, who can assassinate a target as casually and efficiently as she color-coordinates her haute-couture ensembles. Charlene's big road trip takes her and Danny all the way to Little Bighorn, spreading her singular brand of quirky madness cross-country until murder calls them back to Toledo — and to a near-fatal fireplace explosion. As Danny says, you'd think he'd learn.