Annabelle Ford is a wealthy spinster confined to her bed where the doctor expects her to die in the next week or two. Her life has been one of meanness, duplicity, rudeness and heavy-handedness.
There is no reason to kill the old woman since she’s about to die anyway, but that’s what happened. Someone shot the old woman. Nurse Reed is a suspect because she bore the daily brunt of the old woman’s wrath. The attending physician is a suspect because his pen in discovered near the bed.
Two nephews and one niece are suspect since they stand to inherit an estate worth millions. Drummond, the mysterious butler seems to know more than he should and who exercises more power than a servant should have.
Enter Detective Jacob Land knows one thing for certain. There is a killer loose who can’t stop killing. He has to sort through the lies and red herrings to discover the truth.
