A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the
ailing firm of Meadows Meade & Grindley. He succeeds but not quite in the way his employer
intended. Strange things begin to happen as Dougal exerts an uncanny influence on the
inhabitants of Peckham Rye and brings lies tears blackmail and even murder into the lives of
all he meets from Miss Merle Coverdale head of the typing pool to Beauty the resident femme
fatale and even Mr Druce the unsuspecting Managing Director himself.
