In a quiet town in Michigan, a group of American high society people, all of them guests of the Lumsdens, spend a few days. A wealthy businessman, Victor Haversley, lives in one of the cabins and is afraid of someone, although it is not known exactly what it is. His relationship with his young wife is not good and the arrival of her friend at the colony does not improve things. All these circumstances become important when Victor turns up dead and although it is presented as a suicide, it is determined to be murder. The investigation becomes more complicated when several suspects appear, as some of them are not telling the whole truth.
The narrator, the author's alter ego, writes in first person and is omnipresent; he participates in the investigation. There is a good description of the area and the features of the characters. The author manages to make the story believable. The tension is maintained throughout the plot. It is a simple, uncomplicated, linear novel. It makes for an entertaining time.
George Valentine Williams (1883-1946) was an American journalist and thriller writer. He began writing after being wounded in the First World War.