Cornell: Poison Case Number 10

Former Police Inspector Michael Joyce now runs his own New York detective agency. When an elderly man asks for his help, believing his family is being targeted by a killer, Joyce assembles his team to go undercover on the hunt for a deadly threat. The poisoner soon strikes . . .

Review

“Generally speaking inspectors are not delightful persons, but Michael Joyce is. The bulwark of Poison Case Number 10 is humor—keen, discriminating humor to lighten the tragedy at hand. The Van Zantern family is threatened with extermination, and the criminal is doing a pretty good job when investigations are begun. How Joyce solves the mystery is not only original, but fascinating.” (1931 review)