Simon Brimmer once again fingers the wrong culprit in this tale about the murder of a socialite who was apparently leading a double life. The case has its underpinnings in events that happened in 1922 France. It's a hard road to the solution and Ellery takes the correct one as usual.
Keywords: 1940s , cheerful , detective , murder-investigation , new-york-city , nypd , post-world-war-ii , writer