Publisher's Synopsis
An exciting mystery by the masterly Ellery QueenThe horribly crushed body that crashed onto the Manhattan pavement has at least two names, several passports, and an address book full of important friends--among them, a millionaire roue; his exotic, deadly mistress; and his coolly beautiful wife--all of whom seem to have forgotten him very abruptly when he became a corpse. No one is talking, so it is up to Captain Corrigan, the man with the eye patch and a way with crime, to solve a violent puzzle of lust, greed, high espionage--and the worst kind of murder.
