Detective Matt Ransom's marriage is falling apart. He receives a call from his partner Detective John Traveler, Traveler requests Ransom's help. Ransom arrives at Traveler's home to find Traveler's wife and her apparent lover murdered with Traveler holding the weapon. After Traveler is convicted - with the help of Ransom's testimony - Ransom fights to investigate a series of murders connected to Traveler with clues taken from Sherlock Holmes stories. Meanwhile Ransom's marriage is over and Traveler's daughter is moving in on Ransom.