
Dr. Mark Sloan is chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital -- and sometime consultant to the local police department. When he's drawn into a case, he combines sleuthing and medicine to solve the crime. That crime is usually one his detective son, Steve, is working on as a member of the local police department. Dr. Sloan's medical colleagues, including doctors Amanda Bentley, Jack Stewart and Jesse Travis, are also frequently drawn into his investigations.
Mark helps a radio host accused of murdering the woman who gave her up for adoption; Jesse is visited by his overbearing mother.
Mark takes on the extortionists responsible for murdering the twin sister of a young woman who claims Dr. Travis fathered her infant son.
Jesse and Amanda stand in the way of a killer who's scheming to get their multi-million dollar inheritance.
Dr. Sloan becomes involved in a bloody gang war when a mobster who looks exactly like him moves nearby; Amanda is concerned that a child may be a victim of abuse.