The death of an Italian construction worker starts Steve Wojeck, a big city coroner, on an investigation into working conditions in the tunnel where the youth worked.
Joe Smith, a Cree from Moosonee, comes to the city in search of work and is driven to end his life in a jail cell. Steve Wojeck investigates and uncovers aspects of the alien society which led Joe to his death.
Nurse Rose Hunter, who works in the same hospital as Marty Wojeck, is found to be a drug addict. Her death starts Wojeck on an investigation that almost costs him his job.
Gale Fletcher, a pregnant and unwed patient of Wojeck's, is found to be suffering from a critical illness. Meanwhile, a dress designer seeks an illegal abortion without her husband's knowledge.
Wojeck continues his involvement with Gale Fletcher, a pregnant, unwed woman suffering from a critical illness, and is called to investigate the death of a doctor who was a suspect in an illegal abortion case.
Wojeck investigates the death of a young man suspected of brutally murdering an old woman. The youth was killed by a veteran police officer, and newspapers accuse the officer of police brutality. Wojeck's investigation incites unforeseen attention from some influential citizens.
Tony Collins, a college student, is questioned by Dr. Steve Wojeck concerning the sudden death of a fellow student on the campus. The dead youth, Wojeck has discovered, has taken a large dose of LSD.
Coroner Steve Wojeck investigates the case of a young woman who died in childbirth. Negligence on the part of the hospital staff is suspected by Wojeck as he becomes acquainted with the woman's artist husband Gerry Coleman and his unusual Trotskyite neighbors, Gus and Bea Lefkowitz.
