A murder on campus. A highly placed administrator is found with a bike chain lock around his neck. The obvious suspect is a lecturer who is the union president and the victim's antagonist. Fusco, the detective assigned to the case, steers away from circumstantial evidence and follows a different path in the investigation. A sweet, passionate romance with an amateur sleuth provides him with further information about the crime and the academic environment and its hidden class system. Will he be able to solve the case and prevent a second murder?