Just returned from years overseas on a secret mission, Albert Campion is
relaxing in his bath when his servant Lugg and a lady of unmistakably
aristocratic bearing appear in his flat carrying the corpse of a woman.
At first Campion is unwilling to get involved, but he is forced to bring
his powers of protection to bear on the case, and to solve not only the
mystery of the murdered woman but also the alarming disappearance of
some well-known art treasures.