May Beatty

A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the members of her former gang hear about it and try to blackmail her into helping them rob the bank.

When a crooked stockbroker is killed at his country estate, amateur sleuth Philo Vance must wade through a motley band of suspects to find whodunnit.

After he’s charged with manslaughter, Brad McArthur hires a savvy press agent to rebrand himself publicly as a noble humanitarian.