Told through the eyes of a watchmaker, Dr Thorndyke is once again faced with a nettly mystery involving a mysterious fire in a Soho house filled with supposedly inflammable objects. What transpires is an entertaining and amazing twist thanks to the eagle eyes of the Doctor and his friend the watchmaker, Mr Polton.

Language: English

Published in: 1940

Word count: 80,224 words (≈ about 5 hours)

Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50.