Richard Ainsworth is the owner of a small hotel who once moved to France from England. He is a little embarrassed by his French (almost perfect, but you know those French), gets depressed at the sight of granola and loves it when nothing happens to him. One day a guest disappears from his hotel, leaving a bloody mark on the wallpaper and broken glasses in the trash bucket When the wall is washed, Richard dreams of one thing: to quickly forget about the strange incident, but then, to his misfortune, the new pretty guest Valerie d'Orsay suddenly shows a burning interest in the mysterious disappearance. Despite himself, Richard finds himself drawn into a real investigation, and it turns into a personal matter when someone kills Ava Gardner, one of his favorite chickens... and Richard is not ready to forgive that!