About this story
Detective Ebenezer Gryce walks you through what does not fit: no forced door, no weapon, nothing stolen, while suspicion settles on the household, an heiress niece, the sister who raised the alarm, and a secretary who answers every question except those about them. The inquest calls Eleanore next.
How it opens
Your senior partner had barely left for Washington when a stranger entered the law office breathless.
James HarwellMr Raymond, Horatio Leavenworth is dead, and the police say he was murdered.
The wealthy client had raised two nieces and named only one heir to his estate.
James HarwellThe doors were secure; whoever fired the shot may have remained inside until morning.
Choose
Who saw Mr Leavenworth last, and at what hour?
Which niece inherits, and who first found the body?