High Steppers plot
Julian Perryam is thrown out of Oxford University and returns to the family estate outside London. He discovers that his sister and his mother have become enmeshed in the 'jazz' lifestyle and that their father, who is an editor of a tabloid magazine, is too busy to notice. He also discovers that his sister is in love with the villainous son of his father's publisher, Victor Buckland. Learning that Buckland is actually an embezzler, Julian gets a job as an investigative journalist for the sake of a publication and sets out to expose Buckland.