Death and the Professor

<p><em>“Tell me did he commit suicide or was he killed in his room; and if so how a murderer killed and vanished leaving no trace within a minute?”</em></p><p>The Dilettantes Club is a gathering of five savants who dine once a fortnight in Soho and debate any problem besetting mankind. One evening into this distinguished company there intrudes a Professor of Logic and Philosophy an odd little man. The Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard is one of the Dilettantes and a baffling problem of criminal investigation is debated. The little Professor is able to point the finger at those who currently are eluding the police net. A series of intriguing impossible crimes unfold until . . .</p><p>“Another treat for addicts. Once again they succeed in holding the reader’s interest by combining an ingenious plot with a collection of really convincing characters.” <em>Manchester Evening Chronicle</em></p>