A jewel heist in New York goes wrong when film starlet Gloria Vane is abducted by the escaping robbers. When gang leader Ace Monohan falls for her, this leads to dissension among his men. Ace is forced to go on the run alone, still holding the jewels--and Gloria falls into the hands of a rival gangster, Fingers Baxter, who plans to use her to lure Ace out of hiding. Moving at a swift, relentless pace, DON'T TOUCH ME is a story of how human greed and corruption gradually encompass the doom of the criminals invoved. A great period mystery by a master storyteller.