The Case of the Black Twenty-Two: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery

"Mr. Laurence P. Stewart was murdered last night in his library. He was found with his skull battered in!"

Peter Daventry, a young lawyer, receives instructions from a rich client to purchase three valuable artefacts once belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots. It's a singular request, with no limit on the money to be paid at the auction. But the day after Daventry inspects the items, they are stolen from the auction house and a security guard is found horribly murdered.

The next morning, Daventry...