Cayce, returning home to the Florida home and groves he will inherit, is forced to stay when his guardian, the Judge, is murdered- and Cayce seems the most likely suspect, for an old hatred is fattened by the Judge's maladministration of the estate. The calculated insinuations of the Judge's nephew, the surprising integrity of his sister, and the loyalty of Midge who wins his love motivate and complicate the solution of the crime. Southern- but not deep.