Recovered cargo from a plane crash causes a stir, as it is a shrunken head in a box! It is later thought the head belongs to a missing explorer who went missing in the South American jungle. His daughter Janet (Anita Louise) hires a pair of private investigators Jack and Doc (Jim Bannon and Barton Yarborough) as she fears that her step-mother Louise (Mona Barrie) is trying to kill her.
This is a strange tale, and rather complicated too. Is the explorer actually dead? Is Louise really trying to kill Janet? Who's head has been shrunken? What does the code mean? Why does a man keep a live big cat in a room full of stuffed animals?
Unfortunately, trying to answer these questions takes a little time and isn't always that clear. This is a competent if not exhilarating crime drama, the weird and novel situations and plot helps things along. Part of the I Love A Mystery series.
