Case With Nine Solutions - Alfred Walter Stewart

This book was written by Alfred Walter Stewart under the pseudonym J.J. Connington: Sir Clinton Driffield is a respected police professional assigned the task of solving a convoluted crime of murder. The case involves a coy temptress, her husband, a secret admirer and a young man with a romantic interest in the temptress. Sir Clinton and his assistant, Inspector Flamborough must whittle down the circumstances and causes of death from nine potential scenarios. The process leads them through scientific clues, messages from a secret source and good old fashioned deductive reasoning. - Summary by Howard Skyman