Publisher's Synopsis
A rare gem. A tantalizing impossible crime story originally published in 1897. Now available for the first time in over a century... "Mr. Robert Ashfield is swept off the deck of a steamer into the sea, and his body is found at the same hour in a London studio, the cause of death being suffocation by salt water. That is the situation with which we are confronted. The explanation is certainly a surprise..." -A Drawing-Room Cynic. By Lorin Kaye. (Macqueen) 1897...
