The Oakdale Affair - Ace Science Fiction Author:Ed From behind a low bush across the wide lawn a pair of eyes transferred to an alert brain these simple perceptions from which the brain deduced with Sherlockian accuracy and Raffleian purpose that the family of the president of The First National Bank of--Oh, let's call it Oakdale--was at dinner, that the servants were below stairs and the second... more » floor deserted.The beautiful young daughter of a wealthy family is robbed of her money and jewels, and she herself disappears soon after...A young man fleeing a band of murderous hobos becomes the target of a lynch mob..« less