"Nicholas Spencer, charismatic Head of the medical reseaqrch company Gen-Stone, involved in the development of an anticancer vaccine, suddeenly disappears. Early results of the vaccine seemed highly promising. Yes, coinciding with spencer's disappearance is news that the FDA is denying approval. Then comes the shocking revelation that Spencer had looted Gen-Stone of huge sums of money. Marcia "Carley" DeCarlo, a columnist for Waqll Street Weekly, is assigned to cover the story. Carly is the stepsister of Spencer's wife, Lynn, an aggressive PR woman and socialite, whom she dislikes and distrusts. As CArly proceeds with her investigation , she is confronted by seemingly ibnpenetrable questions: Is Nicholas Spencer dead or in hiding? Was he guilty or set up? Why the sudden reversal in medical opinion of the vaccine from recognition to condemnation? As the facts unfold, Carley becomes the target of a dangerous group involved in a sinistger and fraudulent sacheme.