The Man with the Wooden Spectacles

"Elsa Colby, a beginner at law, finds herself suddenly appointed to defend an alleged murderer who will not talk, and finds also that far more, from her point of view, hangs on his conviction or acquittal than the mere result of the trial. The final issue of the story is bewilderingly unexpected, as is the actual identity of Elsa's client. Readers of Keeler mysteries will find this fully up to standard, and will not be willing to put the book down until they have come to its final paragraph."