A corner of paradise

Evening has fallen on the exquisite  Beverly Hills mansion of Pierce Pearson,  worldfamous art collector and playwright.  Within, an international jewel thief lies  murdered, and Pearson, narrowly escap-  ing the same fate, lies in a pool of his own  blood before the open safe. 

The magnificent Winterton necklace remains untouched. These perplexing circumstances  involve Father Bredder, world renowned  priest-detective, in one of the most puzzling cases of his career.