Small business owner and middle-aged fence Ray Nealey is short on cash and keen on his next big hustle, so when he's unwittingly implicated in a burglary gone wrong, he doesn't run from it—he uses it. Navigating a sea of ex-cons, dirty cops and mob wannabes, Nealey uses every ounce of wit and foresight he possesses to make his mark on the unforgiving criminal terrain of 1980's northeastern Pennsylvania.