Graphic artist and true-crime buff Homer Bull is always looking for a good murder for his syndicated comic strip. He just never expected to be invited to one - courtesy of his old pal Hugo Shipley. When Shipley himself drops dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, it's no laughing matter. Everyone but Homer is quick to accept the suicide bunk. Maybe that's because everyone but Homer has their own sordid secrets and motives. And not one...