Police Lieutenant Phelan, Professor Caldwell, and Bendy Brinks tackle a real puzzle in this, Ozaki's first novel. Their only apparent clues are a dead man, a knife wound, and a knife. Murder? All the doors and windows are locked from the inside. Suicide? The knife wound is in the victim's back. Some sharp thinking is required to solve this one. The scene is Chicago.
The Cuckoo Clock
