"It's all poppy-cock. Evil drawing evil to it. House filled with thoughts of revengehate. Poppy-cock!"
In suburban San Francisco, self-made millionaire Bezaleel Lucky is staying with his wife's relatives and strikes up a friendship with Timothy Fisbee, who is a guest at the nearby home of Mr. and Mrs. Justin Veerneg. But this is to be no uneventful visit. First, there is the attempted shooting of Mrs. Lucky's nephew apparently by his own brother. When this is followed by the mysterious sudden death of both the Veernegs, Mr. Lucky and Mr. Fisbee take it upon themselves to investigate, and receive help from an unexpected quarter
Originally published in 1930, this is a vintage American murder mystery from the golden age of detection.