The Case of the 16 Beans [Sixteen]

256 pp. "Why did old Balhatchet Barkstone, on dying, leave his nephew 16 beans? Why did Boyce Barkstone, the heir, hold on to the beans? Why did Hu Fong, a Chinese detective, come to the conclusion that a poverty-stricken hermit was murdered for an article of great value, and what might that article be? Why did Hutchcock McDolphus, dealer in hides refuse to accept any price whatsoever for a simple book costing $3.50? There are only a few of the seemingly insoluble riddles which Keeler answers, in his own inimitibale manner..."