The about-face of Thea, once beautiful, now bloated, who had been alcoholically mourning the death of her husband, leads to an attack against her life, the murder of her maid, and the disappearance of her young niece, Gale. It is Gale's kid brother who locates and contacts her ahead of the police, as the evidence of double murder closes the case against the killer... One of the more translucent transactions.