When a dear scarab owned by an American millionaire is absent-mindedly stolen simply by Lord Emsworth, young writers Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine are tasked with infiltrating Blandings Castle to retrieve it. Meanwhile, vacuous Freddie Threepwood concerns that some compromising words may scupper his engagement towards the millionaire’s little girl. Wodehouse’s comic masterpiece combines above and below stairs pretensions with all the fun of a romantic thriller.