On the run from some sore poker losers‚ Lucas Stanton ducks into the office of the Great West Detective Agency — followed by Amanda Baldridge‚ who wants him to find her Russian wolfhound puppy‚ snatched from her well-to-do Denver neighborhoods. Unwilling to pass up the up-front cash‚ Lucas agrees to find the purloined pooch. But his easy earnings become a risky proposition when he winds up in the crosshairs of wealthy and powerful Jubal Dunbar.