Insurance companies really don't like to part with their money. That's why Miles Breedon is tasked with proving that the suspicious death of Mr. Mottram, one of the company's clients, is a suicide and therefore the insurance won't pay out. However, Breedon's old friend, Scotland Yard inspector Leyland, is convinced that a brutal murder has occurred... Miles and Leyland begin to investigate the death of the unfortunate Mottram independently of each other. Which of them will be right?..