Hailed as the "king of sleaze," tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is used to ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuous-looking letter addressed to him at The Source, he discovers that someone else excels at ferreting out secrets as well. His illegitimate daughter has been kidnapped and, unless he goes public as her father, she'll be killed. But his world isn't the only one that would be shaken by telling the truth--her mother is a high-ranking politician whose career is on the line. The police become involved and the investigation takes some dangerous turns.