When a mysterious woman visited Gregory Payne, warning him of danger, he dismissed her. Shortly afterwards, he was dead... His grieving daughter Linda arrives home with her new husband Walter Gordon, to be greeted by private detective John Storm, who believes Gregory to have been murdered. The dead man left money to various beneficiaries besides Linda - a faithful servant, an old friend, a dissolute cousin, and a steadfast godfather. Could one of them have been moved to strike him down?