简介：BullardasksBarnabytoinvestigatewhenfriends'daughterLucyOlivergoesmissingafterjoiningtheOblongFoundation,anewagegroupleasingahousefromRuthLambert,whoseparentsdiedinanexplosionontheirboat.DanJonesgoesundercoverasanewinducteeandhearsgroupleaderDominicSegaltakeacallimplyingtherehasbeenfoulplay.LocalpublicansthePowellstellBarnabythatLucyarguedwithOblong'sdirectrixFreddieRaftbeforeleavingbutRuthdeniesthis.HoweveritisdiscoveredthatRuth'sparentsloanedalargesumofmoneytosomebody,leadingBarnabytobelievethattheymayhavebeenmurderedbythepayee.IfhavinghisdogtrainedbyDr.Bullard'sformidablesisterwasnotenoughheoncemorefindshimselfconfrontingakiller,theperpetratoroftheOblongmurders.…