Hollywood private eye Toby Peters is back, and this time theres trouble in the big top. His services are required by none other than Emmet Kelly.
A circus elephant has been electrocuted, and Kelly fears for his life. Toby goes undercover as a clown and becomes entangled with a cast of bizarre characters, including a 250-pound wrestler/poet, a beautiful snake charmer, an immaculately dressed Swiss midget, and a baffling witness named Alfred Hitchcock. Its all in a days work for Toby Peters, and another fast-paced Forties-era mad-cap adventure for his fans.