U.S. postal inspector Max Diamond has had better days. Dragged down by a snuff film/child porn investigation, he receives a call telling him that one of his old Yale buddies is dead.

As Diamond delves deeper into the twisted and repulsive porn world, he begins to consider the suicides of his affluent and successful fellow alumni: a stellar woodworker killed by a power tool? A classical music aficionado electrocuted while listening to rock and roll? Something's not adding up.

Who can make sense of this? Of snuff films, exploited children, secret societies, Miami drug cartels, and...