A dead liberty
Because a blow to the head has almost totally incapacitated detective Inspector Trevor Porrit, Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan is obliged to take over a case involving the poisoning of a civil engineer. It looks to be fairly open and shut, until Sloan finds himself intrigued by the defendant--she won't say a word. Working under the dual purposes of finishing what Porrit started and doing the job the defendant's attorney would have done (had she c...