When someone shoots Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy retired merchant, through the head in his library late one night, the evidence at the inquest indicates that no one could have left the victim's locked Manhattan mansion before the discovery of the body the next morning. Leavenworth has been shot to death and circumstances point to one of his young wards.Ĭircumstantial evidence points in one direction but is that the trail to follow? Not to give anything away, but Yale University used this book in its law school to demonstrate the fallability of such evidence.įirst published in 1878, nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet, this atmospheric and suspenseful mystery well deserves a modern audience. As this mystery opens, that lamentable event has just occurred. Mary, her uncle's favorite, is to inherit his fortune at his death. He is also the guardian of two striking nieces who share his Fifth Avenue mansion. Horatio Leavenworth is a New York merchant whose material wealth is matched by his eminence in the community and reputation for good works.
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