An affluent woman boards a taxi-cab on a dreary night in the big city. After a harsh drive through sleet, they arrive at her destination. The cab looks back from the weather to discover the woman gone, leaving behind a suitcase and the dead body of a man. Only David Carroll can puzzle through this mystery. First published in 1921.

Jim Hanvey is not a typical private detective. He is overweight, he waddles around, he blinks like some sort of fish, he plays with a gold toothpick that he wears on a chain around his waist. But what he has is a great memory for faces, a sharp mind, and a sense of fair play that makes him very well respected and feared by the higher level of criminals. Once he enters the story, we see the swindle begin to unravel – sometimes because of Hanvey, sometimes because the mere presence of Hanvey upsets the criminal to such an extent that he does himself in. Table of Contents: • Fish Eyes •...

The leader of a reformist political movement to root out political corruption in the city, Edward Hamilton is murdered, and the local Police Department is mightily confused when three people turn themselves in as the killer and confess the murder. First one is the victim's beautiful ward; second one is an elderly loon who for years has been accusing the victim of swindling him; and the third and final one is the fiance of the beautiful ward. Police Commissioner Hall pulls the atypical move and turns over this high interest murder investigation to a private investigator David Carroll believing...

On a dark and gloomy night a glamorous lady catches a cab in the big city and after a tough ride through the blizzard the car stops at the destination. The driver finds out that the lady has gone and that there is a suitcase and a dead body of a man left on the back seat. Police department is confused and they decide to pull the atypical move and call private investigator David Carroll to help them solve the mystery.