Trent's Last Case

"Trent's Last Case" by E. C. Bentley is a mystery novel set in the early 1900s, where the wealthy and disliked financier, Sigsbee Manderson, is found murdered, sending ripples of shock and speculation through society. Philip Trent, an artist and amateur detective, is recruited to investigate the puzzling circumstances surrounding his death, beginning an inquiry into the tangled web of Manderson's relationships, including his strained marriage. As Trent pieces together the truth, the case exposes secrets involving power, class, and hidden motives, promising a complex and fascinating mystery.

Edmund Clerihew Bentley, who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley or E. Clerihew Bentley, was an English novelist and humorist, and inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.