travers' father had been a police inspector whose efficiency caused trouble for a mysterious criminal mastermind named waldeman. when a large sum of money was found in his safe deposit box, however, he was fired on suspicion of working for waldeman and committed suicide. travers is determined to clear his name by any means necessary. the saint takes up her cause, despite her hostility for his interference in her plans and her suspicions about his motives. templar gets the cooperation of the police commissioner, over the objections of chief inspector webster and criminologist cullis, who wonder if the saint is waldeman himself.