"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU THAT WE MUST APPEAR TO RUN THIS HOTEL AS A COMMERCIAL PROPOSITION?"
There is something amiss at the genteel Garden Hotel. New arrival Charles Venables overhears a threatening discussion between the proprietors. The prices are too low. The residents are jumpy. When the bedridden Mrs Budge disappears into thin air, it is clear that more than one inhabitant of the hotel has something to hide. A set of gruesome discoveries point to murder, and Charles must work with Detective Inspector Bray of Scotland Yard to prevent the killer from acting again.