Description

A brilliant but unconventional professor of criminal science finds himself thrust into the world of hard‑boiled policing when a baffling murder on a country club road lands on his desk. He argues that detectives should work with, not against, scientific expertise, and his first test—a meticulous blood‑stain analysis—points to an unexpected suspect. The dialogue between the academic and the seasoned Inspector O’Connor sets a tone of witty debate and methodical deduction.

At the same time, the mysterious suicide of a Wall Street broker, Kerr Parker, haunts the financial elite. A tangled web of stock pyramiding, rubber concessions, and cross‑border rail projects hints at motives far beyond a simple crime of passion. The professor’s laboratory becomes a makeshift crime‑scene, where chemistry and economics collide.

Listeners are invited into a period‑rich mystery where scholarly rigor meets street‑level sleuthing, promising a cerebral chase through murder, money, and the hidden science that could finally bring answers.