After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of Falk's, Sven, purchased a business in Estonia, and when local gangsters attempted to pressure him into paying protection money, Sven retain...。1937年的洛山矶唐人街,警员杰克因不满这里的黑暗,辞职当起了私家侦探。这天,一个自称莫拉雷太太的女子请杰克调查丈夫的外遇,杰克欣然接受。杰克发现莫拉雷原来是当地水利总工程师,正在为兴建水坝问题和当地农民争执。随后有人给了杰克一些证明莫拉雷偷情的照片,隔天早上真正的莫拉雷太太却找上门来要求杰克停止调查莫拉雷。
事情变得越来越迷离,杰克决心追查下去……。