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Everyone agrees that Herbert Wynne wasn''t the type to commit suicide. But he has been found, shot dead, the only other possible killer his bedridden aunt.

Inspector Patton of the Homicide Division sees this as the perfect opportunity to send in Hilda Adams, a nurse with a very special talent for detection. But when the sleuthing nurse arrives at the mansion, she finds more intrigue than anyone outside could possibly have imagined - and a killer on the loose...