When a young drag performer is found strangled in his shabby rooming house, the police investigate, but soon they lose interest because he’s gay. The victim’s close friend, Miss Milo, isn’t about to let the matter rest. She hires private eye Harry Bittercress to find the killer. She provides Harry with a cursory description of a man she saw in bed with the victim. “He had sandy hair and a pencil mustache.” It’s not much to go on, but Harry gives it his all. He finds other witnesses, subtle clues, and even a paper trail. But as Harry closes in, events soon overtake him and he finds himself desperate to prevent another death.