The American financier Sigsbee Manderson is found shot dead in the grounds of his English country house, and the painter and newspaper investigator Philip Trent is sent to report. Trent’s inquiry, and his growing feeling for Manderson’s widow, lead him through an inquest, a hot scent and a theory that seems unanswerable.
Published in Britain as Trent’s Last Case and dedicated to G. K. Chesterton, it reshaped the detective novel. Download the free EPUB.