Henry is a business mogul in the automobile industry. A new and flourishing business now fueled and funded by war.

Ruth is a woman too wise for her own good and too stubborn to care. A fashion icon and model known around the world.

Charles is the black, charming and cunning butler of Henry. He is also one of Ruth's many secret lovers, Henry being another of her lustful partners.

There is a large cast of intriguing, cunning and devious characters that take the audience on a magnificent and winding path. 

Who murdered whom. Why did they do it? The murderers and their motives are not the biggest plot twists of the movie.

The one and only detective who has the skills to seek and understand the truth of it all. He's the plot twist and his actions create the adventure. He's an intelligent and unlikely hero. One no one suspects is investigating them all along.

That is, not until it's too late.

This story is part of a series of stories which span from the beginning of the 20th century to the late 1940's. Each movie having some characters in common, yet each story being so very different.