Douglas Perkins of Perkins and Tate (Public Relations) Ltd believed that the business of a PRO was to put the client's best foot forward, and try to hide the other three cloven hooves. He even went on believing it when Black Bart and his Troupe of Hillbilly Singers were wished on the firm by their American associates, who had arranged for the Troupe to make a few appearances on English TV shows. The tangled personal relationships and professional jealousies within the Troupe soon gave Perkins a headache, but worse revelations were to come. And when one of the cast died in an accident, the PRO was left with nagging doubts. One of those eccentrics could be a murderer. Was he being used to cover that up too? And how could he prevent a second murder, which now seemed all too likely, while maintaining the bland fiction that all was well?
