In an isolate hut not far from the sleepy country town of Merino, stockman George Kendall is found dead—and it looks very much like murder. Six weeks later Bony arrives incognita at Merino and provokes the local police to lock him up. There is method in Bony's madness—in semi-detention he is made to paint the police station and keeps a perfect disguise while searching for single-minded killer...