Summary: While out on the town with Patsy, Nick Carter encounters a cabbie with a corpse in his back seat, and in fear of being blamed. Riley agrees to turn his back on his natural cop duties to give Nick time to find the killer and clear Shorty. For that matter, who was the corpse, and what’s the white powder under his fingernails? <br> Hitting the streets, Nick follows through with all the clues he can find on who might have it in for Shorty. Where are the hot spots to look? Who might offer insight to enemies for the man with a past prison record? <br> A link to a school teacher is found, and confrontations are made. Has Nick found his man, and the link he needs to seal the deal? Is the mastermind crook too much of a match for our master detective? It’s going to take a lot to fool Nick Carter, and he manages to make the connections he needs to unravel this mystery. <br>
