When American Private Investigator Mark Preston had been sent to find a wealthy missing girl he thought it would take a long time, but he got lucky fast. Then his luck started to run out with shady characters around like Barney Stillman, the tough club-owner, two high-class hoodlums who Preston nicknamed Laurel and Hardy, and Grover J Mitchell, the president of Art-World Incorporated. But as possible compensation, Louise Carrigton was a sight to behold ...