Lady In Black

This story takes place in late 1938, During the financial crisis of the late 30s and early 40s. When the American plutocrat Robert Ellison, was found dead, shot, through the eye, in his mansion, Aaron Kane, a noted artist and Private investigator, is asked by the editor of the Clarion Ledger to investigate the mysterious case. Not only does Kane fall in love with one of the primary suspects - usually considered a no-no - he also, after painstakingly collecting all the evidence, draws all the wrong conclusions. Convinced that he has tracked down the murderer of the hated, business tycoon; he is told over dinner what mistakes in the logical deduction of the solution of the crime he has made (by the real perpetrator ). On hearing what apparently really happened, Trent vows that he will never again attempt to dabble in criminal investigation. What really caused Robert Ellison to rise in the middle of the night and leave the house without properly dressing and without his false teeth? Who did he meet and why? Who was the real murderer? Planette:, his personal secretary? Brunner:, his business assistant? Cozette, his beautiful wife? Or-?