The fatal poisoning of a crime writer piques the interest of the formidable lawyer, prompting him to ignore police theories and embark on his own investigation. However, it is not long before he discovers the author had managed to upset a host of other writers with his brazen plagiarism. Whodunit, starring Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, Tony Lo Bianco and William R Moses.

The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagiarized.