The Case of the 16 Beans
Description:... From the author of "The Case of the Two Strange Ladies" and "The Case of the Lavender Gripsack.
"Why did old Balhatchet Barkstone, on dying, leave his nephew 16 beans?
"Why did Boyce Barkstone, the heir, hold on to the beans?
"Why did Hu Fong, a Chinese detective, come to the conclusion that a poverty-stricken hermit was murdered for an article of great value, and what might that article be?
"Why did Hutchcock McDolphus, dealer in hides refuse to accept any price whatsoever for a simple book costing $3.50?
"These are only a few of the seemingly insoluble riddles which Keeler answers, in his own inimitable manner, in his latest mystery-adventure."
This 1943 thriller concerns an onerous will, an imagined insult, and a variety of sixteen beans left as an inheritance to a large estate.
(cover image courtesy of Miguel Saavedra)
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