Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy and Sarah Brandt are not the only ones who have recently tied the knot. Family friend Mrs. ONeill was delighted when her daughter Una wed the seemingly wealthy and charming Randolph Pollock. She didnt wonder why such an affluent man would want to marry a poor Irish girl, no matter how pretty she was. But now Mrs. ONeill has a problem. Pollocks servants have found their employer bludgeoned to death with Una cradling his body. Rendered mute by the horror of her husbands death, Una cannot explain what happened, so the police have charged her with murder and locked her away in the Tombs to await trial. Mrs. ONeill would like Frank to investigate the case and save Una, yet with Frank and Sarah still on their honeymoon, its up to the other members of their newly formed household to do some detective work. But solving the mystery behind Pollocks death means first discovering the truth about who he really is.