Shadow on the Wall - Reggie Fortune Author:H. C. Bailey Reginald Fortune and his friend Lomas, who happens to the chief of the Criminal Investigation Branch of Scotland Yard, have been discussing the mysterious Poyntz murder case. The case is mysterious because Mrs Poyntz does not actually seem to have been murdered. Her death appears to have been, without a shadow of a doubt, suicide. And yet both F... more »ortune and Lomas are not entirely happy about the case.
The death, again apparently by suicide, of Mrs Poyntz's airman husband only serves to increase their vague sense of unease.
The Poyntz case appeared to be connected with blackmail. Now some other odd occurrences involving Lady Rosnay and the theft of a diamond tiara that was not stolen at all and the curious case of two prominent up-and-coming Opposition politicians have also mystified both Reginald Fortune and Lomas. There does not appear to be any connection with the Poyntz case, and yet...« less