Doctor Gibson Poldar can keep his cool whether a heart attack strikes inside his ER or out on the open road, but when his best narcotics had no effect on the kid with the broken leg, he knew he was in uncharted territory. With a nod to Inspector Poirot, and a little help from the FDA, he follows the trail of counterfeit drugs and pilfered pharmaceuticals that leads to a debt-driven hospital administrator and his partners-in-crime. And with the fetching Eurasion pharmacist Josie Low playing Hastings to Doctor Poldar's Poirot, some very imaginative professional courtesies are exchanged.