A would-be gubernatorial candidate hires Intertect to see if there is anything in his own background his enemies could use against him should he decide to run.
Needless to say, there is. The guy, Joe discovers, is closely connected to the Mafia, and the Mafia -- looking to protect its own interests -- starts bumping off everyone who gives Joe even a scrap of information about the man.
Can you say ridiculous?
Why the Mob would allow this man to run for Governor in the first place is never actually made clear. And why they'd consent to a state-of-the-art detective agency looking for dirt on the guy -- when said dirt would wind up compromising their entire organization -- is never made clear either.
And is it merely a coincidence that the husband of one of the victims appears to be on a first-name basis with the man who's been sent to kill his wife? Is the husband part of the Mafia too?? This point, also, is never made clear.
Finally, the Mob seems willing to call undue attention to itself by murdering people who don't really know anything, such as the poor woman who once dated the candidate back in college, and the elderly pool hustler whose only knowledge of the candidate amounts to speculation that he may have "run some numbers" while a teenager in the slums. That's it.
Finally, they seem to think killing Mannix will somehow put a stop to the investigation rather than attract the attention of everyone at Intertect and more LAPD detectives than they can shake a stick at.
In short, the plot makes no sense whatsoever, but at least the absurdity moves along at a nice clip, and Connors, as ever, is a charismatic hero.
Needless to say, there is. The guy, Joe discovers, is closely connected to the Mafia, and the Mafia -- looking to protect its own interests -- starts bumping off everyone who gives Joe even a scrap of information about the man.
Can you say ridiculous?
Why the Mob would allow this man to run for Governor in the first place is never actually made clear. And why they'd consent to a state-of-the-art detective agency looking for dirt on the guy -- when said dirt would wind up compromising their entire organization -- is never made clear either.
And is it merely a coincidence that the husband of one of the victims appears to be on a first-name basis with the man who's been sent to kill his wife? Is the husband part of the Mafia too?? This point, also, is never made clear.
Finally, the Mob seems willing to call undue attention to itself by murdering people who don't really know anything, such as the poor woman who once dated the candidate back in college, and the elderly pool hustler whose only knowledge of the candidate amounts to speculation that he may have "run some numbers" while a teenager in the slums. That's it.
Finally, they seem to think killing Mannix will somehow put a stop to the investigation rather than attract the attention of everyone at Intertect and more LAPD detectives than they can shake a stick at.
In short, the plot makes no sense whatsoever, but at least the absurdity moves along at a nice clip, and Connors, as ever, is a charismatic hero.