When a land developer is found floating face down in a water hazard on the golf course of an exclusive Long Island country club, local homicide detective Karl Kanopka is called in to investigate.

A SCREENPLAY CONSORTIUM CONGLOMERATES (C/C) is an extremely wealthy, multinational banking corporation specializing in credit cards. Its chairman, ALPHONSO RAND, is a tennis fanatic. Consequently, when it's decided by the C/C board to sponsor a sporting event as a promotional vehicle in C/C's secondary markets, Rand cleverly maneuvers the emphasis away from golf (the obsession of the company's president RON LAZAR) and creates the STAR SPANGLED TENNIS TOUR (SSTT), a second level men's tennis circuit for aspiring players. The management of the SSTT settles on AUDREY CUTENICK, a close friend of...