diff --git a/taskflow/conductors/base.py b/taskflow/conductors/base.py
index 634c5dec..0595e72a 100644
--- a/taskflow/conductors/base.py
+++ b/taskflow/conductors/base.py
@@ -39,28 +39,53 @@ class Conductor(object):
         self._persistence = persistence
         self._lock = threading.RLock()
 
-    def _engine_from_job(self, job):
-        try:
+    def _flow_detail_from_job(self, job):
+        """Extracts a flow detail from a job (via some manner).
+
+        The current mechanism to accomplish this is the following choices:
+
+        * If the job details provide a 'flow_uuid' key attempt to load this
+          key from the jobs book and use that as the flow_detail to run.
+        * If the job details does not have have a 'flow_uuid' key then attempt
+          to examine the size of the book and if it's only one element in the
+          book (aka one flow_detail) then just use that.
+        * Otherwise if there is no 'flow_uuid' defined or there are > 1
+          flow_details in the book raise an error that corresponds to being
+          unable to locate the correct flow_detail to run.
+        """
+        book = job.book
+        if book is None:
+            raise excp.NotFound("No book found in job")
+        if job.details and 'flow_uuid' in job.details:
             flow_uuid = job.details["flow_uuid"]
-        except (KeyError, TypeError):
-            raise excp.NotFound("No flow detail uuid found in job")
-        else:
-            try:
-                flow_detail = job.book.find(flow_uuid)
-            except (TypeError, AttributeError):
-                flow_detail = None
+            flow_detail = book.find(flow_uuid)
             if flow_detail is None:
                 raise excp.NotFound("No matching flow detail found in"
-                                    " job for flow detail uuid %s" % flow_uuid)
-            try:
-                store = dict(job.details["store"])
-            except (KeyError, TypeError):
-                store = {}
-            return taskflow.engines.load_from_detail(
-                flow_detail,
-                store=store,
-                engine_conf=dict(self._engine_conf),
-                backend=self._persistence)
+                                    " jobs book for flow detail"
+                                    " with uuid %s" % flow_uuid)
+        else:
+            choices = len(book)
+            if choices == 1:
+                flow_detail = list(book)[0]
+            elif choices == 0:
+                raise excp.NotFound("No flow detail(s) found in jobs book")
+            else:
+                raise excp.MultipleChoices("No matching flow detail found (%s"
+                                           " choices) in jobs book" % choices)
+        return flow_detail
+
+    def _engine_from_job(self, job):
+        """Extracts an engine from a job (via some manner)."""
+        flow_detail = self._flow_detail_from_job(job)
+        if job.details and 'store' in job.details:
+            store = dict(job.details["store"])
+        else:
+            store = {}
+        engine_conf = dict(self._engine_conf)
+        return taskflow.engines.load_from_detail(flow_detail,
+                                                 store=store,
+                                                 engine_conf=engine_conf,
+                                                 backend=self._persistence)
 
     @lock_utils.locked
     def connect(self):
diff --git a/taskflow/exceptions.py b/taskflow/exceptions.py
index 983eb55a..78186ef5 100644
--- a/taskflow/exceptions.py
+++ b/taskflow/exceptions.py
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ class Empty(TaskFlowException):
     """Raised when some object is empty when it shouldn't be."""
 
 
+class MultipleChoices(TaskFlowException):
+    """Raised when some decision can't be made due to many possible choices."""
+
+
 # Others.
 
 class WrappedFailure(Exception):