As children, Marty and his twin sister Carol saw their father and his mistress murdered in their home. Their mother took the children on the road, giving them a tumultuous childhood. Now, Marty is a successful investigative reporter in Chicago, unhappy with his shy and sick wife. He returns to the rustic environment of his youth, to his mother and to Carol who has become a cheap hooker. Marty soon becomes involved with a classy policewoman, Lois Archer, but the incestuous relationship he and Carol had as kids also resumes …