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Bill Blaine drafts a unique will stating that if he is murdered, none of his relatives will inherit a dime. Elsewhere, Boston Blackie is dining out with Mary when a frantic phone call from Blaine interrupts their evening, begging Blackie to act as his bodyguard. Unimpressed by the man’s wealth or panic, Blackie abruptly hangs up to return to his date—only to find trouble brewing fast.
To get to Blackie, Blaine puts the pressure on his friend, Shorty, before introducing Blackie to his eccentric family. Is the old man truly in mortal danger, or just deeply paranoid? With Inspector Farraday’s help, Blackie places Blaine in a locked room heavily guarded by police. Yet, right under Farraday’s nose, a shot rings out, fatally wounding Uncle Bill.
How could the murder have happened in a locked, heavily guarded room? Blackie seems to know the secret, using a clever ruse to slip away from Farraday. But when Farraday apprehends Mary to draw Blackie back into a standoff, the wisecracking detective has to spring into action—not only to set Mary free, but to reveal how the impossible shooting trick was pulled off and unmask the real killer.
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