A. Bromley Davenport

The relatives of a millionaire, the victim of a mysterious murder, get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who killed him, and will let nothing or no one stand in the way of finding that record.

1940. A man, down on his luck, invents a business partner and build an aura around him that leads to opportunities and complications in equal measure.