Royal Murder

The brilliant detective Philo Vance comes up against an unusually cruel and sophisticated murderer who treats his crimes as a game played on the imaginary chessboard of the big city, calling himself "The Bishop". It seems the criminal is several moves ahead of the police, and Philo Vance must use all his intelligence to unmask him.
The text was digitised from a 1946 translation and has undergone grammatical and stylistic changes.