The Mystery of the Second Shot

When Bertrand Newhall shoots himself, journalist John Ashley is determined to make the most of the scandal. But when the suicide is revealed to be a case of murder, and when Ashley falls in love with the sister of prime suspect Walter Thorpe, his position becomes a difficult one as he struggles to clear the man's name. With a rival journalist determined to convict Thorpe of the murder, Ashley faces a race against time as he searches for a key witness. Yet, if Thorpe wasn't guilty, who was? And if it wasn't suicide, who fired the shots? And why...? 

Originally published in 1912, this is a classic American murder mystery with a shocking and highly ingenious solution.