When Ed Blake takes up a new position with McKerr and Chetty, solicitors, he very soon has second-thoughts about the job. His boss has no social skills, treats his staff with disdain and their young bookkeeper, Tim, con des in Blake that he is unhappy about frequent payments he is asked to make into an overseas account and some questionable conveyancing transactions which Blake concludes indicate mortgage fraud. The lad decides to raise the issues with his boss, McKerr, who arranges to meet the following evening. However, next day the lad is found dead. McKerr and the police put it down to suicide, saying that McKerr had accused the lad of stealing large amounts of money and that the police would be called in to arrest him. But Blake has his doubts and promises Tim’s mum that he will get to the bottom of the death. Then McKerr turns his attention to Blake ... and who is the funny old man who appears to be watching Blakes’ house?