The Man with the Crimson Box

A skull was stolen from the safe of the State's Attorney. A man who surprised the thief was murdered. The skull, which a certain Chicago colored man had unearthed, was badly needed by State's Attorney, Louis Vann, as evidence with which to hang Gus McGurk, gangster and kidnapper, for murder.

"Who then, was the Man With the Crimson Box, found wandering on the streets with the skull of Wah Lee, murdered by McGurk, inside of it, and who told wild tales of how it came into his possession? What interests were behind him (if any), and was he really suffering from amnesia?

"And how did the State's Attorney fare whose re-election hinged on satisfying his constituents that he was 'getting something done'? And who was the youthful lady lawyer who defended the Man With The Crimson Box?

"In short, Keeler plots and counterplots, amazing complications, excursions into psychology, the field of medicine, science, with murder, suspense, thrills, all along the way. Bound the please the audience of Keeler fans who revel in the amazing, labyrinthian puzzles they have come to expect from one of America's most resourceful mystery-writers.