The right murder

John J Malone / Jake & Helene Justus #4 (1941) Abandoned by his nearest and dearest, John Malone is left to drink in the New Year solo among the crowd at Joe the Angel's bar. Then, in staggers a complete stranger, bellowing Malone's name and surreptitiously passing him a key--nondescript except for the "114" on its handle--before collapsing and dying from the knife wound in his back. Still hung over more than a day later, thanks to Captain von Flanagan's unconventional style of interrogation, Malone gets a cable from honeymooning Jake, requesting fare home from Bermuda. Worse, there's bride…