The Odor of Violets

Captain Maclain lost his sight in the First World War. But by intense training he has conquered his blindness. By sound, he can shoot to kill. He is sensitive to the slightest inflection of the human voice. His chess is excellent. He is more dangerous in a fight than most men who see. Urbane, cold as steel when on the trail, yet much loved by his friends - and especially by Schnucke his Seeing-Eye dog - he is one of this country's strongest weapons in the war on espionage - and a fiction detective whose genius rivals that of the great Holmes himself.