Mr. Pottermack's Oversight

A killer struggles to keep his crime hidden from a forensics expert in this Golden Age detective fiction classic, perfect for fans of Columbo and Poker Face.

“You don’t seem overjoyed to see me . . .”

Mr. Pottermack planned to install a sundial in his garden, not a dead body. But standing up to a blackmailing bank manager has placed the normally peaceful man in a dire situation. To escape the hangman’s noose, he carefully fabricates evidence to make it look as if he never had any visitors. It’s almost the perfect crime . . .

Physician, lawyer, and dean of scientific detection Dr. John Thorndyke is drawn to unusual cases, and that of a vanishing bank manager is no exception. With his suspicions aroused, Thorndyke digs into the mystery. Now a battle of wits begins as Thorndyke seeks to unearth the truth, and Pottermack aims to keep it buried.

Originally published in 1930.