The designer of the trend-setting new sportswear line of the Close Apparel label is found bludgeoned to death in the corporate offices. Missing items point to a piracy ring that could cost the company plenty. Still, Detective Joe Dante wonders whether cheap off-the-rack knock-offs are worth killing for. An arrogant U.S. Treasury Agent shows up and steps all over Dante's case. A beautiful model is targeted for death. For Joe Dante, there's a lot more at stake than the new fall line . . .