Out-of-print for over nine decades and one of the rarest classic crime novels from the Golden Age of detective fiction, , first of the Ludovic Travers mysteries, is now available in a new edition by Dean Street Press. When the eccentric magnate Henry Plumley shockingly collapses and dies, a great adventure begins for Ludovic Travers, the dead man's secretary, and his comrade Geoffrey Wrentham - a romp with not only mystery and mischief in the offing but murder too. was originally published in 1926. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.