A Hangman's House Mystery

Out of the foggy, wind-swept night there walked a beautiful young blonde. She looked at the gun in her hand with dazed eyes, dropped it, and vanished again into the luminous mist. And this short dream-like tableau turned the lives of a half dozen people into a grim, bewildering nightmare. 

Among them was Isabel Marsh, who was much too pretty to be clever, and much too clever for her own good. Her brother, Web, knew it--and perhaps he feared it, because he also knew who the blonde was, and yet had to deny it. From there on, as Isabel Marsh followed the crimson trail of murder, she lived in a violent world of hatred, jealousy, greed, lust -- with Lance Spencer's silent love to steady her, and Captain Branson's respect to give her courage.

For characterization and pace, for atmosphere and suspense, for downright story-telling, even the very expert Koehler surpasses himself with Murder Most Green.