In the great hive of the Museum, with the Golden Treasure at its heart, the mass of workers and young ones below continued to file, even during the sacred lunch-hour, with ceaseless steps past the admission counter. The long afternoon began. in a prominent London museum, the 'Golden Child' exhibit arrives and takes pride of place, to huge excitement and not a little panic amoung the staff. But while the new exhibit lures thousands of curious spectators, it also becomes the sisnster focus in a web of intrigue and murder.