Jon Pownall, a commercial and glamour photographer from Chicago, dreams of directing a motion picture of his own creation, The Salem Six. Those dreams are dashed when he is murdered in his new office in Portland, Maine's Monument Square before the Hollywood contracts are signed. An investigation ensues, and detectives learn that, when Jon hired a producer who teamed up with a political money raiser and new attorneys, his dream turned into a nightmare. With a $400,000 key-man life insurance policy signed, a director's contract unsigned, and Hollywood contracts imminent, they knew Jon feared for his life. Will the family see justice prevail? Or will evil reign?