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The Unicorn Murders (Sir Henry Merrivale, Bk 4)
The Unicorn Murders - Sir Henry Merrivale, Bk 4 Author:Carter Dickson "Unicorns are mythical beasts which can make themselves invisible at will. This trait is shared with certain murderers." — Flamande is France's greatest criminal. A master of disguise, he can pass himself off as another person because no one has seen his true face. — Gasquet is Frane's greatest policeman. ANother master of artifi... more »ce, his real countenance is known to few.
Gasquet pursues Flamande of a flight from Marseilles to Paris. When the airliner is forced to make an emergency landing in the rural countryside, its passengers take refuge in a gloomy chateau where a brutal and seeminly impossible murder soon takes place.
On hand in Sir Henry Merrivale. Everyone knows what he looks like, but it is his task to identify the policeman as well as the criminal. In doing so, he proves what all of us already know: H.M. is the world's greatest detective.