ConfectionerymagnateJohnBriggs,headofanailingempireandatoddswithunionleaderKennyBarber,isfounddeadofanapparentheartattackinahotelbedroom.HewasabouttosellhiscompanytomillionaireEmmettSchwartzman.HissoleheirislongestrangeddaughterGeraldine,tothechagrinofhisbrotherPhillip,whomGeraldineappointsascompanydirector.YoungpolicepathologistJackHodgsonclaimsBriggswasmurdered,believinghehadbeenwithaprostitute,andissufficientlypersuasivethatLeorecruitshimtoreplaceHarry,nowworkinginNewYork.Briggs'righthandmanTrenterpaysoffescortDeannaCollier,whoisactuallyGeraldine'sdaughterandhadjusttrackedBriggsdown.GeraldinegivesDeannaacharmbraceletbutsoonafterwardsthegirlismurdered....