His bride, Louise, had previously been married to a man who had become mad and tried to murder her, ending up in an insane asylum. The famed sportsman the Duc de Saligny is about to get married. Bencolin sets off into the Parisian night to unravel the dumbfounding mystery and track down the sadistic killer. Sure enough, the Inspector’s worst suspicions are realized when the beheaded body of the new suitor is discovered in a locked room of the salon, with no apparent exit. His whereabouts remain a mystery, though with his former wife poised to marry another, Bencolin predicts his return. A would-be murderer, imprisoned for his attempt to kill his wife, has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. In the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon, Inspector Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case. The British Library Crime Classics reprint also includes the short story ‘The Shadow of the Goat’ (1926).
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