After a burglar murders his wife, the wealthy scientist Humphrey Challoner turns his methodical mind to revenge, stalking and killing criminals one after another and adding their skeletons to his private museum. His friend, the narrator, tells the strange history with some unease about the morality of a man whom everyone thought so kind.
A dark, unusual crime novel from the creator of Dr. Thorndyke, for readers who like their mysteries morally unsettling. Download the free EPUB.