Roddy Gaskell, grandson of deceased shipping magnate Roderick "the pirate King" Gaskell believed in "finders keepers." his family were finders-of a priceless Old Master discovered behind a secret panel and probably purloined by old Roderick himself. Locked in combat with his puritanical father over the famous oils fate , Roddy has just consulted the celebrated barrister-detective Antony Maitland when the "hot" masterpiece led to cold-blooded murder. Someone had added lethal monkshood to daddy's daily vitamins, and Roddy was suspect number one, Could Antony prove Roddy innocent... and find out which art lover was a killer at heart?