Livre
Robert Desnos, un poète de Paris
Résumé
Philo Vance Takes A Hand When, In An Evening, One Daughter Of The Greene Family Is Shot To Death And Another One Is Wounded. The Family Comprises Two Sons And Three Daughters (the Youngest, Ada, Is Adopted) Under The Rule Of Their Mother, A Bedridden Invalid Who Spends Her Days Feeling Sorry For Herself And Cursing Her Ungrateful Children. The Family Is Required To Live In The Greene Mansion Under The Terms Of Their Father's Will. The German Cook Seems Strangely Attached To The Adopted Daughter, And Other Hangers-on Include The Mother's Physician, Who Is Courting Sibella Greene, And The Enigmatic Butler.