Publisher's Synopsis
Everyone was astonished when the beautiful Josephine Rivron rejected the young, popular and handsome Frank Cornell, and married his elderly, wealthy father John instead. When John fell ill and died shortly after marrying, there were suspicions that the cause wasn't pneumonia, but a nasty case of poisoning. Then Frank Cornell too was dead - shot through the head, the weapon vanishedl. This time no one had any doubt it was murder. Amateur sleuth Algernon Verenker is drawn to the case by a recurring bout of his 'old detective fever.' He packs his Colt automatic and joins Inspector Heather down at Marston Manor to investigate.
