When a blackmailer is found dead, suspicion falls upon three beautiful blondes: the defendant's wife, his receptionist, and his personal secretary who holds a grudge.
Hardie aids a man who may be framed for a stagecoach robbery.
Hardie becomes involved with a female Wells Fargo agent.
Before Mike Nelson can investigate the disappearance of two geologists, the sea washes one of them upon the beach. His body bears marks made by the suction valves of a giant octopus. Mike knows an octopus rarely attacks.
Slade unwittingly serves as a messenger of death, delivering a booby-trapped Spanish Box to a beloved banker, and must quickly clear himself by finding the real killers before the town's lynch mob musters its courage.
