Murder In The Gunroom By H. Beam Piper

The Lane Fleming collection of early pistols and revolvers was one of the best in the country. When Fleming was found dead on the floor of his locked gunroom, a Confederate-made Colt-type percussion .36 revolver in his hand, the coroners verdict was death by accident. But Gladys Fleming had her doubts. Enough at any rate to engage Colonel Jefferson Davis Randbetter known just as Jeffprivate detective and a pistol-collector himself, to catalogue, appraise, and negotiate the sale of her late husbands collection.