Samuel Spewack was an American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist best known today as the co-author of the Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate. Earlier in his career he wrote novels, including Murder in the Gilded Cage, a mystery set in a glamorous and corrupt milieu that allowed Spewack to apply his satirical eye and quick wit to the crime fiction genre.
An engaging mystery from a major American theatrical talent, the novel is now available as a free public-domain EPUB at Better Gutenberg.