A novel from the pen of JS Fletcher, one of the leading writers of the 'Golden Age' of detective fiction. Hugh Moneylaws, an earnest but rather slow witted lawyer's clerk, runs a late night errand for his mother's lodger, who is too ill to go himself. However, Hugh stumbles across a murder scene. His employer, Mr Lindsey, becomes involved and together he and Hugh carry out an investigation. Hugh also does a bit of snooping on his own and as a result lands himself in danger on more than one occasion. The bodies pile up but finally, in spite of Hugh's bumbling efforts, the murderer is identified.