Evan Maitalnd is co-woner adn operator of Collette's Antiques in Chicago. He's also a bail enforcement agent/bounty hunter. A bail bondsman hires Maitland to fine Barry McDermott, a lawyer charged with statutory rape. This simple retrieval turns into soemthingmuch more complicated. Maitland is shot ina gunfight and kills a man in self defense. While recovering from his injury, he tries to put his life back together. But someone wants Maitland dead. With assassins on all sides and only a determined Chicago policewoman to back him up, Maitland has to play the game by his rules if he wants to stay alive.