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Haymaker's is the best and oldest department store in Dalton, an unlikely place for Leonidas Witherall to be knocked unconscious when he goes to retrieve his umbrella at the Lost and Found. Awakening later in a wagon loaded with French bread, he makes his way toward the comforts of home and bath. Called out later to assist in a blackout, he returns to find in his study the body of Mr. Haymaker himself, the hilt of a samurai sword protruding from his chest. Witherall is cast in the dual role of detective and chief suspect as he embarks on one of his most harrowing--and hilarious--adventures.
First publish date: 1943
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Phoebe Atwood Taylor
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