In a rain-soaked port city, PI Jack Delaney is hired by an ambitious mayor to discreetly find a missing woman—a trail that leads to a shuttered warehouse and the machinery of City Hall. What Delaney uncovers hints at a larger frame-up in motion, with cops, fixers, and the press pulling strings behind the scenes. Armed with a few dangerous clues and a quiet recording, he realizes the case cuts close to his own buried grief. The mayor’s cool warning makes one thing clear: the real game is only just beginning.