Despite the protests from his wife and the murder case that made him flee London many years ago, William Travers...

Travers visits his old friend Martin Newall to hear about the murder case and learns that he was having an affair with...

Travers continues to look for proof of Martin's innocence and establishes that a chambermaid at the hotel saw the stolen...

Travers finds evidence that the victim, Lucy, had a previous conviction for blackmail and that she was making calls to a...

Travers learns that the murder victim was deliberately planted in the Kestrel office and encouraged to have an affair...