Only one reel of this two-reel film is known to survive. Arguably the first film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (along with Number 13) after several years as a title designer. Alfred Hitchcock was originally hired as assistant director, but when the producer got into an argument with the director and fired him, he promoted Hitchcock to full director.

A crime writer and his wife go for a break to a country cottage. They receive an unexpected visitor, the bossy Miss Tulip, who needs shelter for the night. In the morning there is a dead body in the house.