Book of Murder

Meet Oliver Armiston, a writer whose ingenious mysteries inspired so many copycat crimes that the authorities began paying him not to write. Together with Deputy "Man Hunter" Parr of the New York Police Department, Armiston takes on cases of fraud, murder, and other nefarious activities in these ten dryly witty, cleverly constructed whodunits. Beyond the conjecture -- The wedding gift -- The Japanese parasol -- The dead end -- The magician -- A start in life -- Big time -- The recoil -- Gulf Stream green -- The door key