Inspector Ghote is not a happy man His wife has inherited a beautiful house in Calcutta - and she is determined that they both move from his beloved Bombay to live a life of luxurious retirement there But when the couple travel to view the legacy, they find it is a decaying ruin inhabited by squatters Their lawyer advises them to sell it immediately - but Ghote detects a whiff of corruption and is determined to get to the bottom of it But the corruption extends way up the political ladder, and soon they are putting themselves in very great danger