The hospital sees nothing to question about the death of the reclusive
Mr. Crenshaw, and it's not as though he had any friends to press the
issue. He did, though, have one casual acquaintance, who happens to pick
up Mr. Crenshaw's battered old edition of The Tempest'and happens to
pass that book on to Henry Gamadge. Gamadge, of course, is not only an
expert in solving pesky problems but also an expert in rare books, and
his two sets of expertise combine to uncover the extraordinary puzzle of
Mr. Crenshaw, which began in California and ended on the other side of
the country, at a chilly New England rendezvous.