The next time you visit Olympia, take a good look around and see if you think it would be possible to murder someone in the middle of the crowd there without being seen.The new Comet was fully expected to be the sensation of the annual Motor Show at Olympia. Suddenly, in the middle of the dense crowd of eager spectators, an elderly man lurched forward and collapsed in a dead faint. But Nahum Pershore had not fainted. He was dead, and it was his death that was to provide the real sensation of the show.A post-mortem revealed no visible wound, no serious organic disorder, no evidence of poison. Doctors and detectives were equally baffled, and the more they investigated, the more insoluble the puzzle became. Even Dr Lancelot Priestley’s un-rivalled powers of deduction were struggling to solve this case.In this top-tier traditional crime fiction, John Rhode masterfully crafts a mystery that leaves even the best detectives baffled. The sensation of the annual Motor Show at Olympia is overshadowed by a death that presents an insoluble puzzle, a narrative that keeps the readers on the edge of their seats.For fans of Clifford Witting (Subject), John Dickson Carr (The Black Spectacles), Janice Hallett (The Twyford Code), Carter Dickson (The White Priory Murders), and George A. Birmingham (The Hymn Tune Mystery).
