It started out as a relaxing day on the golf course - until Sexton Blake and "Splash" Kirby discovered a murder victim in a nearby bonfire!

The identity of the victim was unknown. All Blake could discover was that the body was that of a young woman. Even with the able help of Chief Detective Inspector Coutts of Scotland Yard it was a difficult case for Blake, with hardly any information to work on.

But the trail of the killer took a very unexpected turn and it was more than a murderer that Blake found at the other end.