Although the title which translates as Murders in Chicago promises a gangster story this is more of a murder mystery that kicks off with the seemingly accidental death of a construction worker followed shortly after by that of a noted publisher an uneasylooking Eduardo Fajardo What follows is a very confusing story in which the police a police coroner José Campos and a vagrant Fernando Sánchez Polack who witnessed Fajardos death embark on separate inquests on what actually happened Meanwhile June María Luisa Rubio who works as a secretary for the publishing company is under pressure by a blackmailer Antonio Jiménez Escribano who has pictures of her in the sack with the deceased publisher