With a nose for the truth and a flair for the dramatic, Ben Jonson investigates five cases of financial irregularities, where all is not as it seems at first, and in the process, demonstrates that accountants are not always dull and boring... In the title story, Ben Jonson, forensic accountant extraordinaire, auditions for the local amateur operatic society, then finds himself defending its director against an accusation of embezzlement. Meanwhile, he has to deal with a startling revelation about a member of his staff and a puzzling coolness at home in relations with his partner, Marcus...