"The blood's coming from a cut at the back of his neck," she said slowly. "He couldn't have done that in falling. Some one must have-" Sir Adam Braid, the distinguished artist, was a cantankerous old man. Not well-liked by most of his family and associates, he was about to add one more enemy to the list by changing his will … but not before death paid a visit to his London flat, and Sir Adam was found stabbed through the neck. Chief-Inspector Fenn takes charge of the case and soon notices the butler seems more frightened than shocked - but what if anything, did the butler do? After all, there is a plethora of suspects, including mercenary relatives and some curious occupants of the neighbouring flats.