When a mega-millionaire is murdered, long-held secrets begin to unravel that leads back to a major scandal from the early days of the Allied Occupation of Germany. As the plot unfolds, a journalist, a small town New Jersey police chief, a Boston detective, an Army CID man, a Wall Street lawyer, a university instructor, and an FBI special agent form an alliance that, in the end, results in the creation of the informal and fabled Last Resort team.