 Blass (Art Garfunkel) is a beat journalist for the "Washington Daily Tribune" newspaper in Washington, D.C. His editor-in-chief pressures him to deliver more featured stories, as it's been too long since Blass has had a decent article printed.Blass reaches out to Matthew Harrigan (Harris Yulin), a detective for the Washington Metropolitan Police department, looking for a good story to pursue.He learns about a nurse that was raped and murdered on her way home after working the night shift at Washington Metropolitan Hospital.