What No Butler? By Damon Runyon
When I first looked at the title, I wondered what the author was meaning about no butler. As I started reading the story, I began to realize what he was saying. Usually mystery writers have the butler as the suspect or villain. He is showing readers that a butler may not be the suspect or villain in every story. Writers may choose to have someone else be the suspect or villain. This idea made the story more intriguing. I began to wonder what was going to happen and who the suspect or villain was going to be.
Ambrose Hammer was a newspaper scribe. He wrote about the new plays. Marty Kerle was the policewoman involved in the case. The butler was Riggsby. A man named Mr. Justin Veezee was murdered.
When they came to investigate the case, the apartment was locked from the inside. Now, you are probably wondering how anyone could get inside and murder someone? You are also probably wondering how the police could enter as well. This kind of settiing baffled the detective. Is it possible for someone to enter a room that is locked from the inside?
After they finally entered the apartment, the detective decided that the motive wasn't robbery. Mr. Justin Veezee still had his jewelry and money, and the apartment was also in order. Also, there weren't any fingerprints. Usually people who had motives also had alibi's.
The detective began to wonder who committed the crime and how. Who did murder Mr. Justin Veezee and why? What did the villain have to gain by killing Mr. Justin Veezee? You will have to read the story and find out what happened. You might be surprised by the ending.
This was an interesting story. Throughout the story, the author kept using Mr. Justin Veezee. Some authors use the first or last name whenever they continue to mention a character's name, but this author said the whole name every time. I often wondered why he did that. It seemed to hinder in the reading, but I still enjoyed the story and would read it again.
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