A HARROWING CRIME, LAYER UPON LAYER OF DECEPTION, PSYCHOPATHIC BEHAVIOR AND COVER-UPS WHICH MUST BE PENETRATED BY THE DASHING DETECTIVE, JASON BENDIX, AND HIS FIANCEE AND GIRL FRIDAY, JULIA GRAVES, ALONG WITH THEIR BEST FRIEND, THE HANDSOME AND WEALTHY WYNTON FILLMORE. PAST SECRETS ARE REVEALED ALL THE WAY ROUND, AND EARTH-SHATTERING CHANGES ARE INSTITUTED AS THE TRIO GOES UNDERCOVER TO ROOT OUT THE PERPETRATORS, AND MORE THAN ONE MYSTERY IS SOLVED IN THE PROCESS