In an imaginary Nigeria, an entrepreneur is stealing body parts from a hospital and selling them for use in ritualistic practices. Dr. Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest friend, Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne. The life of every party, Duyole is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations, but it now seems that someone is determined that he not make it there. Showing a different side of his work, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has penned a crafty whodunit that is also a satire of political corruption.