 When "Uncle" Matt, an old friend of the Drew family, is accused of murdering a neighbor by the sheriff of a rural community, Carter Drew vainly tries to prevent his inquisitive daughter from learning about the real circumstances of their country "vacation." With no corpus delecti to prove that a crime has been committed, the lawyer frees his friend on a writ of habeas corpus. Problems arise when Nancy experiences jealousy over her dad s romantic attraction to Uncle Matt s pretty neighbor. Things really begin to fall apart when a rare tropical flower incongruously growing on Matt s property is spotted by the ever-observant Nancy. When Uncle Matt s servant Apollo digs it up, the missing corpse is discovered. Nancy realizes the source of the source of the rare flower may hold the key to uncovering the truth, and with boyfriend Ted she is soon hot on the trail of the real culprits.