The great detective Nick Knatterton is on the spot in an unsolvable case: Gloria, the daughter of millionaire Lucius Xaver Nylon, has been kidnapped. Behind the crime are the gangster boss Virginia Peng and the crooks Tresor-Otto and Bobby Schnieke. Such a sensational case attracts the press. Reporter Eddie Schulz is right there when Nick Knatterton investigates. A spectacular story for the newspaper beckons ...