From the front of the box: It is Tuesday, October 20th, 1987 at a penthouse suite in New York City. Yesterday, the turmoil of "Black Monday" gripped Wall Street as the stock market plunged in a day of frantic trading. Wealthy inventors saw their fortunes shrivel before their eyes, and analysts predicted financial gloom and doom for years to come. Mega-rich financier Jon K. Bonds has called his eight closest investment associates to an urgent meeting at his apartment to discuss the situation. The outlook is bleak - and gets worse when murder is discovered and the participants must decide who among them has committed the crime.