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Investigating a suspicious warehouse fire lands directly on private eye Richard Rogue’s desk. To get a hot tip, Rogue must fork over $1,000 to an informant. Is the white-haired gent just a crackpot bum, or is he as wealthy and legitimate as he claims?
Meanwhile, Miss Grant—the distraught daughter of the warehouse manager—shares emotional family secrets, including a mysterious Miss Maxwell who holds something over her father. After a tense run-in with disgruntled cops and a gunman trying to kidnap him, Rogue narrowly escapes and sets off to question Miss Maxwell himself.
Is the blonde bombshell a dragon lady masterminding a string of arson, or is her scheme tied directly to the murder of Mr. Grant? A sharp thump on the head awaits our hero for his troubles, but once Rogue comes to, he knows exactly who to squeeze. Applying the right pressure, he exposes a clever cover-up: substituting fake furs for real ones to collect the insurance payout while keeping the original furs.
