The Spoilers
Written by
Michael Gilbert
Copyright 1965
Published in the UK magazine Argosy, 10/1965. Printed in the collection .
The death of a Colonel Bax on the porch of his farmhouse was discovered by a farmer delivering milk and eggs. Bax had committed suicide by firearm. Calder and Behrens, neighbors of the man, pondered the matter but little more until they were instructed to investigate. They will learn of letters of blackmail being sent to various public figures like Bax.