The villagers of New Warwick are familiar with the 'dark time' - a short nightly blackout which occurs as the settlement's electricity supply switches between generators. But for the guests gathered at Twin Towers, the country home of Gaylord Homer, this is a dark time indeed. For when the lights come on again, they discover that someone has taken the opportunity to murder their host under cover of the temporary darkness. Who could have committed this terrible deed? Could it be pretty young Diana Kittredge, whom Homer intended to marry? Could it be Diana's rival Marita Moore? Or Homer's friends Rollin Dare, or Ted Bingham? His secretary Cale Harrison? Or even young flapper Polly Opdyke?
Only Fleming Stone can say for sure...
Originally published in 1929, this is a vintage murder mystery from a popular and prolific American crime writer.