Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.
