Number Seventeen

Frank Abbott, author, stumbles into a murder mystery when his neighbor at #17 is brutally murdered and he might have seen the murderer. Conflict arrives when the next day he finds the man he is having a luncheon date with, millionaire James Forbes, is the very man he saw enter the apartment bldg. This man has a very beautiful daughter that Abbott is quite interested in and he hesitates to say anything. Now he's being followed by a gray car that is linked to the Chinese Embassy. The murder victim's husband died in China. How much should he tell the Scotland Yard detectives? Is Mr. Forbes guilty or is he in danger too? What will happen to Evelyn Forbes if her father is guilty? Many twists and turns involving an American tourist, kidnapping, shots through the window, a conspiracy involving a Chinese political group, tiny carved ivory skulls, a motorbike chase and the two fun detectives from Scotland yard. The big question though is, does Abbott get the girl in the end? London 1910