Margaret Odell, the Broadway showgirl known as the Canary, is found strangled in her apartment, though the only way in was watched and the side door was bolted from within. District Attorney Markham has suspects in plenty among her admirers, and the languid, erudite Philo Vance sets out to read the killer’s character rather than the clues.
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