The Cobra Candlestick

The dead man’s mother secures the services of Dexter Drake, a master detective renowned for his razor-sharp intellect and unorthodox methods. As he tries to uncover the Marshbitter family’s hidden motives and clandestine relationships, Drake encounters a cryptic letter foreshadowing doom and a witness who may hold the key to the crime—the pianist, who never ceased playing, even as murder was committed just beyond the door.

First published in 1928, ‘The Cobra Candlestick’ presents a world where danger lurks in the most unexpected places, and the line between innocence and guilt blurs with each twist.