This is from the Black Mask introduction: "You'll have the time of your life trying to solve this crime before you get to the end of the (short) story. You'll think some of the characters don't act logically, but when you figure it out afterward you'll decide they were all pretty wise." Mr. Frederick Glover tells the Op that his father, a widower, withdrew $10,000 from his bank on Saturday. And that his butler, Barton, found his father on Sunday stabbed to death with the money gone. Librarian's note #1: this entry is for the story, Arson Plus. Entries for collections of short stories and the other individual stories can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. There are a total of 28 short stories plus one incomplete; they can all be found by searching Goodreads for: a Continental Op Short Story. Librarian's note #2: there are also two Continental Op novels, Red Harvest (also known as The Cleansing of Poisonville), and The Dain Curse.