Rough Justice

Los Angeles 1969. Susan Abbott died as the result of an accidental house fire. The story in the Los Angeles Times had been clear about the facts. Her father a film producer for MGM read that same story but came away with something different: a murder masquerading as an accident. A conclusion not without justification given that his daughter's husband had since flown the coop.Enter Jack Murphy a private investigator with a no-nonsense reputation. He listened to the father's allegations but wasn't particularly interested in taking the case until a retainer of $10000 became part of the conversation. Murphy should have gone with his first inclination because things were about to get murky.