Hootenville, Pennsylvania, looks like any conventional company town, but beneath its placid surface throbs a network of violence, blackmail, and murder. It takes an ex-Army spy to coolly fit together the puzzle and expose the game of terror, intrigue, and cunning known as industrial espionage. Someone at Hooten Plastics Corporation has been selling its manufacturing secrets. When his boss enlists him to help track down the spy, Paul Dexter can't resist dusting off his skills for a little game of chase--even though it disrupts the dearly-bought security of his family.