Million-Dollar Suitcase

A million dollars has vanished, and the man who stole it has vanished too. Private detective Jerry Boyne has cornered Samuel Harker in his seventh-floor apartment, the stolen fortune locked in a suitcase beside him. But when Boyne finally forces his way in, the thief is gone, leaving only the money and a mystery that defies logic. The building has no other exits. The windows don't open. Harker has simply ceased to exist. Enter Barbara Wallace, a young woman whose observational powers make Sherlock Holmes look like an amateur. As Boyne struggles with the impossible, Barbara sees what everyone else misses: the telltale signs, the hidden pathways, the human greed that leaves fingerprints even when hands are wiped clean. Together, they must unravel how a man melted into thin air before their eyes, and track down a fortune that could buy anything except forgiveness. A rollicking early detective thriller that predates the golden age of mystery but delivers every beat fans crave: the impossible crime, the brilliant deduction, and a heroine who proves that genius has no gender.