Mike is invited to play in a pro/am golf championship. While there a seemingly impossible murder takes place. Mike begins to investigate and worry about his own safety.
Mike becomes involved when a man reports to him that he's seen a murder through the window of a hotel. There are three possible rooms, each with its own story. Barnett has to figure out who the person murdered was and who may have killed them.
A drunken conventioneer looking for "a good time" gets lured to a private party with the promise of a high-takes dice game, but winds up getting beaten up and robbed.
Barnett accepts a case from the Pacific North West where he discovers a wealthy textile merchant fears for his life. The situation becomes grimmer after a man is found dead from apparent attack by a cougar, but Barnett has his doubts.