When a tourist named Gayle meets up with a mysterious stranger named Solitaire at the Crystal Phoenix Hotel in Las Vegas, she quickly learns she isn't in Kansas anymore. A double-dealing pair of hit men send the unlikely couple running for their lives into the surrounding desert. But by the time the sand settles after a desert showdown, both love and money come up winners as Midnight Louie, feline private eye extraordinaire, once again successfully combines the roles of Sam Spade and Cupid.