Dolland explains that he had stolen an emerald which Reece had himself wanted.
We then see Reece driving around... Jo, an extremely likable character, is clearly in danger; a sense of foreboding lingers.
In response, Reece goes on a murderous rampage which draws Sexton Blake into the affair.
At a time when most other British jazz trumpeters were hung up on either Clifford Brown or Miles Davis, Reece sounded like neither.
Caroline Norton was very well cast as the commanding and totally unflappable Mrs Reece.