It all begins with gruesome pranks--decapitated pigeons, a mutilated dog. But soon tensions between German and English settlers in 1930s colonial Africa reach the breaking point, and a German farmer, suspected of Nazi sympathies, turns up dead.
Danny De Mare leads safari trips. He comes to Superintendent Vachell's office to persuade him to join the current safari in order to investigate the theft of Lady Baradale's jewels. Vachell agrees to go and travels back to the group with De Mare. The day after their arrival, Lady Baradale is d...