In 1893, a trail of ashen footprints leads Deputy Archie Lean to the body of a murdered thief. The man's exposed flesh has been horribly burned and occult symbols mark the nearby walls. Most troubling of all is what Lean witnessed two days earlier:...
Philo Vance receives an anonymous letter warning of deadly danger to the wealthy Llewellyn family heir, Lynn. Eccentric widow Priscilla Llewellyn presides over a society family filled with greed, ego and unhappy marriage. Her secretary Doris...
Un hombre aparece muerto con unas bragas de mujer en el bolsillo. La viuda encarga la investigación del caso a un "huelebraguetas" gallego, un detective privado de complejo pasado. Lo que parecía ser un ajuste de cuentas sexual se convierte en un...