Born into poverty, Jacques became a detective with the help of a fellow Scotland Yard officer, William Leeson, who Jacques saved from a moving train. Now, three years later, Jacques Charpentier has become a consequential private investigator. But during a particularly dry spell in London when a cold-blooded murder is detected by the authorities, Leeson recruits Charpentier and his dear assistant, Charles Murray, to help find the killer. A man had been struck by an elegant dagger in the home of a wealthy family; thus, Jacques must race to find the stealthy murderer, and decipher the back story in this intricate novella.
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