said Dr Malapelle of the Institute for Forensic Medicine. “Barbituric acid. No doubt about it. A massive dose. Somnifen. The stomach contents seemed to have a strong smell of aniseed and since I don’t know of any sedative derived from barbituric acid with an aniseed smell apart from Somnifen, I t...
Seeing a light switch on the outside doorpost, he flicked it; the light went on inside.He went in.The would-be assassin's sparse hair was sticking out in all directions and his pink scalp shone through. There were heavy bags under his eyes that hung down almost to the corners of his mouth. They s...