The Case of the Jumbo Sandwich: A Ludovic Travers Mystery

"Death from manual strangulation after a blow that slightly fractured the skull."

Ludovic Travers, private investigator, is approached by a slight acquaintance from his past, one Isabel Herne. She has seemingly fallen into the hands of a charming con-man, who has promised her the earth, including a very expensive racehorse. When the race-horse fails to materialize, and the man vanishes, she tasks Ludovic with finding the latter and, if possible, recovering her money. But what appears to be o...