August 4, 1996. Monday morning. Chase Chilton wakes up with the thought..."Damn Foiled again " Still burning from his date last night with a Hot Tamale. A fiesta that ended up in a fiasco Chase picks up the morning paper, and this simple act precipites his immediate endeavor: trying to evade the APB issued in his name by the San Bruno Police Department. Seems he's the number one suspect in a murder investigation that has more twists than a pretzel; more wrinkles than a $50 suit; more turning points than a staircase in a lighthouse.
Chase is chased and Chase is the chaser. He attempts to clear his name with a little help from his friends - retired Criminology Professor Jeremy Jenkins, and the brother of the victim, Mario Lopez, this year's leading apprentice jockey at Bay Meadows race track. The track where Chase mans a $50 Turf Club window.
The race is on To see if the three sleuths can uncover the real murderer. Before Chase is apprehended and incicted for the crime
For the Graduating Class of 1950 from Saint Agnes High School, Springfield, Missouri, by the "class" of the Class of 1950.