In the celebrated author's first mystery novel, Inspector Bencolin must unravel a dumbfounding locked-room mystery and apprehend a sadistic killer. In the smoke-wreathed gloom of a Parisian salon, Bencolin has summoned his allies to discuss a peculiar case. A would-be murderer imprisoned for attempting to kill his wife has escaped and is known to have visited a plastic surgeon. Bencolin predicts his return, and his worst suspicions are realized when the beheaded body of the wife's new suitor is discovered in a locked room just feet away... Also includes the rare Dickson Carr story 'The Shadow of the Goat.

It walks by night originally published in 1930. The shadow of the goat originally published in 1926. "A Paris Mystery"--Cover.

It walks by night --The shadow of the goat.