A wealthy industrialist,
Mr. Marshall Robner, locked himself in the upstairs library
of his New England colonial estate one night and committed
suicide by taking a lethal overdose of anti-depressants. Or
did he?
You are the Chief
of Detectives. You've been asked by Robner's attorney to make
a thorough investigation of the case, simply to "quash
the suspicions which are inevitable" when a moneyed man
dies a sudden and unnatural death. The Medical Examiner found
nothing unusual, and interviews with family members and family
associates are consistent with the idea that Robner committed
suicide. Everything fits neatly -- maybe too neatly. You smell
foul play, and you have 12 hours to crack the case. If you
arrest someone, you'd better have the three traditional ingredients
to an ironclad case for the prosecution: the accused must
have had a motive, a method, and ample opportunity to commit
the crime. There are many possible endings to this case, and
the one you reach is determined by your actions and by the
deductions you draw from the evidence you gather. But one
ending fits the facts better than any other, and you will
know it when you reach it.
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