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by Frederick Knott
A sinister con man, Roat, and two ex-convicts, Mike and Carlino, have traced the location of a mysterious doll to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix and his blind wife, Susy.
Sam had apparently been persuaded by a strange woman to transport the doll across the Canadian border, not knowing that sewn inside were several grams of heroin. When the woman is murdered, the situation becomes more urgent.
Through a cleverly constructed deception, the con man and his ex-convicts convince Susy that the police have implicated Sam in the woman’s murder, and that the doll is evidence. She refuses to reveal its location, and with the help of a young neighbor figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade.
When Roat kills his associates, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between him and Susy. Susy knows the only way to play fair is by her rules, so when darkness falls she turns off all the lights, leaving both of them to maneuver in the dark until the game ends.