Trent's Last Case

Trent’s Last Case by E. C. Bentley is a landmark detective novel that follows amateur sleuth Philip Trent as he investigates the apparent suicide of a powerful financier. As Trent gathers clues, he becomes emotionally entangled with the case and ultimately realizes that his deductions may be flawed. Blending mystery, romance, and irony, E. C. Bentley subverts traditional detective fiction by exposing the limits of logic and the complexity of truth in human affairs.