Former World Chess Champion Arkady Balagan can’t leave his expensive hotel room.
He has a crippling case of agoraphobia following the murder of his fiance.
The hotel wants him to leave, though, because he’s run up a $33,000.00 bill!
An offhand remark about a missing child suddenly puts him in the center of solving the case — even though he can’t go outside, has no staff, has the hotel constantly trying to evict him, and there is no prospect of settling his hotel bill even if he solves the mystery!