It was described as a psychological melodrama and was very popular at a time when Australian set radio dramas were relatively rare.

It is a mystery-thriller, making the usual bald bid for the listener’s curiosity and subsequent undisguised attack on his feelings, but it also gives what appears to be an authentic glimpse of certain Australian types and an aspect of Australian rural life hitherto unportrayed.

"[10] Wireless Weekly called it "a well-constructed melodrama with an unusual setting.

"[11] The play's use of hearing the lead character's thoughts in the style of Eugene O'Neill was praised by Max Afford.

The sign of a man among the wheat and his victim’s swag, sends the murderer overboard with a hideous shriek.