Joe was an American hero—the man who saved the president—but now he’s a private investigator who wakes up after yet another drinking binge in his old car, with a pounding headache and family problems. A low-key job comes along at just the right time: bodyguarding a star at a run-down strip club. However, events spiral out of control—first his friend is killed, and then the stripper Joe is supposed to be protecting. Her boyfriend, Jimmy Dix—a football player cut from the team because of drugs—is just as determined as Joe to get to the bottom of this, especially since, right before she died, she promised him a birthday present: a return to the big leagues.