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¶ An absorbing tale of a modern mystery, in which the horror of the opening situation is but lightly touched on, and the chief appeal is made by ingenuity, dramatic situation, and suspense. It starts with the finding of a New York banker, stabbed to death in his office. The lawyer who finally unravels the tangle does so in a highly original manner. There are many stirring incidents, while the scenes shift from New York, partly in the French quarter, to an ocean steamer and to France.