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H. J. Mavity, painter of paperback romance addresses, has a perplexing riddle to resolve when her ex-boyfriend, Rick Dell, collapses at her legs after telling her that what "ninety-nine clop clop" hold the clue to numerous money. Although Dell has obviously been murdered, H. J.'s avarice has got the better of her and she can determine to risk the ire of whoever has killed Dell to follow the amount of money. First, however, she must understand the riddle and who easier to help her than her ex-husband, Ben Spanner, a gifted mimic whose tone is known to millions through Television set and radio advertisements. Ben knows almost every show business joke around and will surely know about the routine of the hack stand-up comic like Dell. Ben is some¬what aggrieved to see H. J. again for he is aware of better than other people that she spells trouble. He comes through with the riddle to which "ninety-nine clop clop" is the solution but H. J.'s lingering fascination for him overcomes his common sense and he, too,is soon in search of the stash Dell's clue things to-though more to protect H. J. than to feather his own nest. Little does Ben believe that H. J. has ideas that don't include him. Whenever a new job can take him to NEW YORK to try out the voice of an British muffin, H. J. can take the chance to slip from his Connecticut home with the details of Dell's hideaway. Ben, who thought he previously convinced H. J. that their and should be turned over to the authorities, must now use all his ingenuity to save lots of her from a desperate killer.
