Broadway gossip columnist Gilbert Archer investigates his friend's murder, finds clues linking it to a valuable Da Vinci painting, putting himself and Patricia Foster in danger from those after the artwork.

Gilbert Archer, a Broadway gossip columnist for a newspaper, learns that his best friend, a priest, has been murdered and one of the suspects is a pretty girl, Patricia Foster. In one of the Bibles belonging to the murdered priest, Archer discovers a code which leads him to the hiding place of a valuable painting. presumed to be the work of Leonardo da Vinci. Archer also learns that the murder was committed by persons anxious to get the painting, and he and Patricia are in danger.—Les Adams <[email protected]>