Case of the Running Man

I think murder is practically a certainty.

William Weddall was eccentric even in Ludovic Traver''s wide experience. There was about him an aura of secrecy and subterfuge at odds with the quiet atmosphere of his estate. Hinchbrook Hall, show-place for his antiques and paintings. He had sent Travers to Paris on the seemingly pointless errand of mailing a letter. And Travers later saw him deliberately...