The Cats Eye

Narrated by Robert Anstey, who is acting as Thorndykes counsel as Jervis is away in America. He walks right into a murder scene, attracted by the screams of a beautiful young woman.

• The dead man is a harmless old bachelor who collects objects of arcane appeal.
• Several pieces of inscribed jewelry are missing.
• Its a strange sort of burglary perpetrated by clumsy amateurs who nonetheless got clean away.
• Dr.
• Thorndyke takes on the case and enlists Anstey as his sidekick.
• Anstey makes a perfect foil for the great forensics expert, since he misses the significance of everything.

There is murder, love, and a form of code to be deciphered to prove an inheritance. The plot, which is ingenious and complex, includes a contested inheritance with a fascinating history.

• And the reader is treated to plenty of scientific and analytic exploits by Dr.
• Thorndyke.

We watch him test for poison; take impressions of fingerprints, handprints and footprints; detect secret chambers; and interpret coded messages.