The whole case had sounded fishy from the beginning. Why would an amnesia victim go to a detective when he needed a doctor?

But Ellery investigated and soon discovered why they needed him. Howard Van Horn and his beautiful stepmother were being blackmailed for adultery. It was an ugly situation.

Then it exploded into murder!

Elley solved the case in record time. But suddenly. while he was accepting everyone's praise, he realized he had made a horrible mistake.

THE REAL KILLER WAS STILL AT LARGE!