Arrogant and homophobic Tony T. Tunderew, author of a muckraking bestseller, hires Dick Hardesty to look into blackmail threats he's been receiving. When Tunderew and a male hustler die in a mysterious car crash, Dick's investigation reveals Tunderew was working on a new book exposing an evangelical husband-and-wife team and their religious-based community for troubled teens. Is Tunderew's death "divine intervention, " or something far more sinister?