Near the right temple was a hole, and down the forehead and along the nose was dried blood. "Shot, by God No wonder the poor old devil couldn't hear." When the telephone bell rings in Bill Ellice's Broad Street Detective Agency, it happens to be Ludovic Travers who takes the call. The new client is certainly out of the ordinary, for he claims that his life is in danger. He wants the firm to trace a nephew who would be a protection...