Robert Swan hates his job as a junior clerk in the office of Avery, Avery & Avery. But the murder of the wealthy Miss Alster, enables Swan to leave his hated position and set up on his own as executor of the rich lady's estate. At the same time he works to protect Miss Alster's wards from suspicion. But with no-one telling the truth about what happened on the night of the murder, Swan is in for some very nasty surprises...
Rufus Gillmore's darkly comic murder mystery was originally published in 1914, and is sure to delight all fans of vintage American crime fiction.