<p>An exciting mystery by the masterly Ellery Queen</p><p>The horribly crushed body that crashed onto the Manhattan pavement has at least two names several passports and an address book full of important friends—among them a millionaire roué; his exotic deadly mistress; and his coolly beautiful wife—all of whom seem to have forgotten him very abruptly when he became a corpse. No one is talking so it is up to Captain Corrigan the man with the eye patch and a way with crime to solve a violent puzzle of lust greed high espionage—and the worst kind of murder.</p>