Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author’s savvy secretary, who’s secretly in love with him, save his neck?

Llorona is a figure unique to Mexican folklore — the wailing spirit of a woman who lost or killed her child and now returns to seek revenge and haunt the…