A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders comitted by a hooded killer in an old dark house.

Silas Wayne's will leaves the bulk of his estate to his niece, but the cursed Candor diamond catches the eye of someone who can't wait for the old man to die. When he's mysteriously stabbed to death in front of the police and his heirs, Detective -Sergeant Mitchell and newspaper reporter 'Nosey" Toodles work together to solve the crime.—Sister Grimm <[email protected]>