When Harvey Kashton, a billionaire investor in a bauxite mine, is found dead in the gentlemen's withdrawing room of Bancroft House, the housekeeper Susan Ainsworth acts swiftly to prevent a scandal. Yet within days, his death will bring police, spies, and gangsters all traipsing through the gracious old hotel, but they underestimate Susan's ability to deceive and misdirect. That is, until the unassuming intelligence officer, Chris Davis arrives in this wilderness of mirrors.