Lane Tavish is the owner of an antique store in a provincial town. At least that's what the locals think. None of them could have imagined that Lane is actually the daughter of a notorious swindler, forced to hide from the law. But the past returns to her in the form of Uncle Willie, who has long disappeared from her life. His mysterious appearance, sudden death under the wheels of a car, the robbery of Lane's house are links in one chain of mysterious and inexplicable events that followed in her life. Who is pursuing the young woman and why? The mystery remains unsolved for many years, but a new crime, which the fearless and inexorable Eve Dallas undertakes to investigate, leads to its solution.