The body of a brilliant woman journalist is recovered from the wreck of a burning car.
It is soon discovered that the smash did not kill her; she was dead already, shot by a Browning automatic that was found near by.
Superintendent Mitchell, with the help of Owen, a young University graduate turned policeman, follows the enigmatic clues backwards and forwards between a furrier, a picture dealer, and the establishment of a fanatical sunbathing enthusiast.
Then dramatically the story.