When Jim Twine's throat was grazed by a bullet, which restored his ability to speak (lost in childhood), he was destined for a strange new life. Soon he was in a loving relationship with the police officer who shot him. He hadn't seen since fourth grade when he said, "All girls have cooties." and she threw a book at him. He preferred their new arrangement. Finding himself engaged in an effort to defend his new girl-friend against charges that she was part of a gang that had held up an armored car, he found himself sleeping alone when she was jailed on suspicion of murder. At that point, however, Jim found himself falling in love with one of the investigators looking into the armored car robbery. Then Jim's life got complicated. Finally, Timmy (a.k.a. Reggie) saved the day for all concerned, except for the real robber and, of course, those who got killed before the ending of this humorous whodunit.