The Corpse with the Eerie Eye: A Tolefree Mystery

The Corpse with the Eerie Eye, first published in 1942 features R.A.J. Walling's titular private investigator Philip Tolefree in another engaging mystery.

"There was mystery rampant in Castle-Dinas, although Tolefree at first didn't recognize it. He thought he was there to straighten out a lovers' quarrel-until the telephone rang at dinner that night and turned a gay and charming atmosphere into one resembling a wake.

Mrs. Lowell returned to the table with her face strained beyond her well-carried years. Mr. Lowell retired dejectedly into a shell. And Katherine, their daughter, became tense and distraught. Later at Dr. Mapperley's, a succession of peculiar sounds kept Tolefree on his feet most of the night-to the obvious dismay of Peter, the nautical butler.

And then they found the corpse-the corpse with a vacant stare and pupils the size of a pin-point. . . .