In this latest Brains Benton mystery, Jimmy Carson accidently overhears two men discussing a diabolical plot over the telephone. Although he doesn't know exactly what's going on, he knows that it's bad news He tells Brains and in no time the Benton and Carson International Detective Agency is operating in high gear Join Operative Three and X in this exciting adventure-mystery as they match wits with a criminal element that has big plans for the upcoming election The cover art and illustrations are by Shannon Stirweis, who was the original artist for the late 1960s paperback versions of, "The Case of the Missing Message," and "The Case of the Counterfeit Coin."