Trent, Philip, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

The newly widowed Madel Manderson has a disarming effect on the refreshingly fallible and imaginative Trent, in this classic detective story that twists and turns as a result of the combination of ingenious deductions and misplaced assumptions.

The murder of a sadistic philanthropist sparks off an investigation led by artist and criminologist Philip Trent, who had been painting the portrait of the man who was murdered.