"This is a story of a police officer who was appointed to solve the murders which had taken place at Hotel Derek. In the past hotel had been a Portuguese military guesthouse in Goa, India. One fateful night, much to everyone's horror, the officer was brutally murdered in the house of the hotel owner. His murder was committed in a similar fashion to the past killings and the culprit left no clues to his identity. The police commissioner was thoroughly shocked at the loss of his best officer. Especially as the commissioner had been sure this officer, who had a reputation for solving complicated cases that had been left unsolved for years, would resolve the Hotel Derek murders.
The angles came down to take the officer's soul, but he refused to go with them as he said his earthly task was unfinished, and begged the angles to give him more time to resolve the mystery of the Hotel Derek murders of which he was also a victim. His request was granted and The Quest of a Dead Man began…