When Todd inherits his grandfather’s stately pile – Brockman Hall, he finds it comes with some surprising complications and additions.

First there is Scarlett – beautiful, wilful and harbouring a very long standing grudge against him.

Then there are Katie and Eliza. Who exactly are they and what were they doing living in the old place? What exactly had his grandfather been up to? And what had the girls been up to since his death?

And finally there is the old man’s gift to him of ‘The Bitch Strap’. Who had it been used on? Todd has to use all his ingenuity to defeat the wiles of the women ranged against him, to find out the answers to all the mysteries surrounding Brockmans and to assert his right to wield the strap!