The clue of the new pin

About This Book

<p>Tab Holland, newspaper reporter and a friend of a local police investigator, is surprised to discover that his roommate’s uncle Jesse Transmere, a wealthy miser, has been found murdered in a cellar vault locked from the inside. More surprising is the fact that Ursula Ardfern, a famous actress and new acquaintance of Tab’s, has had her plays backed by the murder victim in the past.</p> <p>Although he has been regularly reporting on the case for the newspaper, Tab’s interest in the case intensifies after both his own apartment and the murdered man’s house are ransacked.</p> <p>Although it’s yet another entry in <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-wallace">Edgar Wallace’s</a> locked-room mysteries, <i>The Clue of the New Pin</i> also explores the claim of various religions in having exclusive access to the truth, or the only path to spirituality.</p>