Robert Pembroke has been found dead in a locked apartment with only two other occupants - his niece and a servant. Neighbour and lawyer Otis Landon follows the clues to try and prove the niece, Janet Pembroke, innocent.
As would seem to be normal in these stories most of the tale and clues are revealed before the detective Fleming Stone appears and solves the case. But still an enjoyable story. ( )

Forseeable. Repetitive. too pat. ( )

Lawyer Otis Landon has just moved into a new apartment building with his sister when the other apartment on their floor is the scene of a tragedy: the abusive miser Robert Pembroke has been murdered, and his niece Janet becomes the prime suspect when Landon's testimony proves that she and her uncle were secure behind a chained door when the crime occurred. Chagrined at imperiling the woman he has suddenly fallen in love with, Landon turns detective, and uncovers a stack of clues in the dead man's room: two theater stubs, a rail schedule, a telegram, and a monogrammed handkerchief — all of which lead to dead ends. That is, of course, until the great Fleming Stone arrives on the scene, casts his eyes over the clues, and clears up the case immediately. ( )