Mangled toenails have been turning up all over Wales and the inhabitants are scared. Ten murders in ten weeks, all committed with a rope, and still nobody has a clue who the violent killer is.
Sir Zach Slaughterhouse is a slender and gracious actor with a fondness for star gazing. He doesn't know it yet but he is the only one who can stop the stingy killer.
When his niece, Stanley Walker, is kidnapped, Sir Slaughterhouse finds himself thrown into the centre of the investigation. His only clue is a minuscule banana.
He enlists the help of a sympathetic painter called Sally Clifford.
Can Clifford help Slaughterhouse overcome his Vaseline addiction and find the answers before the forgetful killer and his deadly rope strike again?