The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Client
Bishop William Mallory
Victim
Renwold Brownley
Prosecution
Hamilton Burger
Investigator
Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg
Case Narrative & Plot Summary
An Australian clergyman who stutters under stress asks Mason to investigate the substitution of a child heiress to a vast fortune. When the patriarch is murdered, the bishop disappears.
Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick
Mason uses speech pattern pathology and phonetics to prove whether the cleric was genuine or an imposter.