Josh Colum appears as normal as any one of us but he hasa deep subconscious memory of how his mother treated his father. Josh has layered that early part of his life onto all females in Sacramento and he formulates a plan to eliminate their seemingly inescapable hold over him. Coincidentally, Janet Slade returns to California's capital. After seven years away from her original job as a public informationofficer with the Sacramento PD she has returned with political helpfrom her father's friend to the higher status of homicide detective.