Finally he lifted his head and let his eyes dart from face to face.
"All of you have stated, separately and collectively, that you heard no
shot fired in Nita Selim's bedroom this afternoon," he said sharply. "Is
that true?"
He was answered by weary nods or sullen affirmations.
"Then," he continued, "I must conclude that you are all lying or that
Nita Selim was killed with a gun equipped with a Maxim silencer."
Never was a detective more unprepared for the effect of his words upon a
group of possible suspects than was Special Investigator Dundee....