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Sir Hector Davidson, head of the family chemical‑apparatus firm Davidson’s Ltd, prioritises personal gain over the company, courting scandal by harassing his secretary and dismissing the chief designer. When he drives to his country estate, Bratton Grange, with a heavy case of valuable designs, his chauffeur’s delayed arrival forces him onto a local van. At the estate, Sir Hector is found stabbed with the case gone. The mystery unfolds as Dr. Launcelot Priestley, the series’ astute amateur detective, pieces together motives, hidden designs, and a possible murderplot within the Davidson family and corporate environment.
First publish date: 1929
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Cecil John Charles Street
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