At the urging of the students in the private investigation class that Thomas is teaching at a local college, Thomas takes on the investigation into the disappearance of a fellow student’s fiancΓΒ© as the class’s field work. The teacher and his pupils soon discover that while the student’s fears that her fiancΓΒ© is having an affair are unfounded, this anything-but-textbook case involves a man sought after by both sides of the law for trying to prevent a crime.