The plot of The Big Enchilada is extremely complex at the beginning, but, like a Dickens novel, ties the subplots into one by the end. After Mountain tears apart Hunter's office as a warning to Hunter to stay away from Domingo, Hunter assumes there must be a connection to one of the three cases he is currently handling, so he explores these to try to discover the identity of the man who, in his view, owes him at least a new desk. All three cases, to varying degrees, somehow tie in with Domingo, but the process by which Hunter puts the pieces together offers the reader a puzzle, complete with clues that help one realize when Hunter may be on the wrong track. Ultimately the Domingo incident leads to the discovery of a pornography/"snuff film"/heroin/extortion scheme, and Hunter, with the help of a transparently ambitious...