Frank Abbott goes to Deeping with a friend for a dance and is also intrigued by the famous Fingerprint collection at the same manor house. When the owner is murdered, a young heiress usurps the former heiress' position, the new will is found burned and the mysterious Fingerprint of a confessed but unknown killer is missing, Detective Inspector Abbott begins to sift through the clues. Fortunately his 'Revered Perceptress' decides to visit Deeping and logically and systematically begins to identify the murderer or murderess. Great Miss Silver story!
