Little Miss Allison's happiness in her dream home is wrecked by Miss Withers -- Miss Withers who cannot be persuaded to leave and whose blighting qualities drive Miss Allison to plot her murder. For Miss Withers takes over the cooking and marketing, drives away Miss Allison's one friend, blocks out her one chance at romance and is the cause of her approaching unemployment. Murder doesn't come easily -- but it is done with no compunction. Miss Allison is forced however to find freedom another way.