It Walks by Night

In this Golden Age mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author, a French detective looks for a murderer among a closed circle of suspects in a Paris salon.

It should have been an open and shut case—but for Inspector Bencolin, it never is. A new bride discovers her groom beheaded in a locked room. Her ex-husband, an imprisoned psychopath who once tried to murder her, has escaped his prison cell. What's more, the killer has undergone a transformation that makes him impossible to find. Summoning a trusted ally, Bencolin sets out to find the sadistic slayer before he strikes again. . . .