Death Wears a Mask

A longtime friend asks Aimori Ames to find a jewel that disappeared during a formal dinner. Aimori agrees to help, planning to set a trap for the kidnapper during a masked ball the man is surely attending. However, during the masquerade it isn’t a theft that happens but a murder… Aimori’s friend’s nephew is found shot. Who is the culprit? Who could have gotten in the way of a kind young man whose only flaws were an inability to keep secrets and the habit of asking tactless questions in public? Aimori Ames and her husband Milo begin investigating. All the guests present at the evening of the murder are under suspicion…