Twenty-Six Clues

While entertaining visitors to his private crime museum Mr. Calvin Norwood is shocked to find the body of a murdered woman has been left on display covered by a Mexican blanket. Among the guests is Mr. McCarty (a retired police officer), his friend Mr. Riordan (a fireman), Wade Terhune ( an investigative professor) and Victor Marchal who is Mr. Norwood’s secretary and was blinded in the war. This group as well as the official police led by Inspector Druet attempt to unravel the mystery of who perpetrated this crime and why. The modern technologies of the time are employed as well as good old fashion intuition to get to the bottom of the situation and all is eventually revealed, with a few surprises along the way! - Summary by Howard Skyman