The Judas Window: A Sir Henry Merrivale Locked Room Mystery (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)

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Only young James Answell could have committed the murder. After all he was found unconscious in the locked room next to the body of the murdered man. His clothes were disheveled from an apparent struggle. The whiskey decanter containing the liquor he said was used to knock him out was full to the brim. All the glasses on the table were clean. His fingerprints were found on the murder weapon an arrow from the victims collection. Furthermore he was heard arguing with the dead man whose daughter he wished to marry. Just about everyone is convinced that James is headed for a date with the hangman. Everyone except for Sir Henry Merrivale H.M. to his friends and associates. Hes convinced that the real murderer used a "Judas window" to commit the crime. Pay no attention to the architects who designed the building H.M. insists. In fact he says youll find a Judas window in practically every room. "The trouble is that so few people ever notice it."