From the introduction: London, 1928. In front of you in this cold, dark office, is Mr. Harry Schengwell – a small time lawyer – reading from a dry and complicated testament. You have been mentioned as the main inheritor after late Dr. Kruger – which is strange, since you know that Dr. Kruger hated you. You haven’t been listening, since you know that Kruger was poor, and this must be a joke – but suddenly Schengwell reads something that grabs your attention...