E. C. Bentley 
Trent’s Last Case 

’Trent’s Last Case’ is actually the first novel in which the title character, gentleman sleuth Philip Trent, appears. A whodunit murder mystery novel, ’Trent’s Last Case’ is unique in that it is more a spoof of the genre than a serious detective story. Trent, not particularly adept at detective work, falls in love with one of the suspects and in investigating the murder of a wealthy business tycoon at his mansion naturally comes to all the wrong conclusions. An amusing and inventive story, fans of the detective genre will delight in this humorous parody.