Hackett quits the force in disgrace after being accused of accepting a bribe. He arranges to sell police files to people traffickers to pay for his enforced retirement.
Hackett investigates possible police corruption in relation to bids for a city development project and is led into an embarrassing triangle with the daughter of a chief superintendent.
Hackett investigates the curious theft of rare old paintings from wealthy homes and finds a dedicated young woman determined to advance the careers of several young artists.
Hackett and his people do not succeed, to intercept gangster Ray Blake at the airport. Blake has been taken to an old colleague who fixes him up with a crook. Blakes wife Diana is pressured suddenly from the police, the gangsters and her man...