After a year-long marriage, a couple approaches a lawyer to file for divorce but encounter a life altering shock on the same day. Together, they must work out what they need more - a divorce or getting out of a police investigation?

Alex Hartwell is a government tax auditor sent to investigate Turnbull Chemical's books. Arriving on the heels of a rowdy convention, Alex is forced to take a room at the seedy Michelle Apartments. As Alex's audit uncovers financial improprieties by day, after hours he finds himself drawn into a vortex of libidinous intrigue involving the predatory, chain-smoking femme fatale, Madeleine, and her menacing, ex-convict husband Dean.