A thrilling murder mystery. An ex-policeman, Alex Simpson is called upon to solve a murder case at the Kinging guest house where he puts up. The vivacious and delectable Maria Marshall, of whom he had been a secret admirer, is found murdered in her bedroom at midnight. The gallery of characters living at the guest house and thrown into the mix do not make his task of solving this chilling and brutal murder any easy. Maria Marshall had been a beautiful and vibrant young woman who had inadvertently discovered a dark secret.