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In five days, Daniel Bronson is to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit. With both his appeal and petition for reprieve having been rejected, his wife Selma turns to the one man who can save her husband's life . . .
Col. Anthony Gethryn, formerly of the secret service, is renowned for his deductive talents and skill for solving puzzling mysteries. While on holiday in southern Spain, he is called home to London where a guest awaits in his library. After Selma Bronson convinces Gethryn of her husband's innocence, the gentleman detective heads to the countryside to find the real killer. It's race against the clock before Daniel's date with the gallows.
"MacDonald is at once a craftsman of writing, whose prose, characterization and evocation of mood (comic or terrible) might be envied by the most serious literary practitioners." —Anthony Boucher, author of Nine Times Nine
Originally published in 1930.
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Philip MacDonald (1900–1980) was one of the most popular mystery writers of the thirties, penning over twenty-five novels. He served with the British cavalry in Mesopotamia during World War I, and later trained horses for the army. After moving to Hollywood in 1931 to become a screenwriter, he authored over twenty screenplays, and fifteen of his novels were made into film adaptations.
