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An 明智小五郎 novel. This is an older book (1931) and so the kanji usage and grammar is different. Unfortunately my copy was 'updated'* so I can't say for sure how much the kanji is different, but I read it with an audiobook which followed the original text and the grammar is certainly older. Having read other, unupdated 江戸川乱歩 books I imagine the kanji usage is the typical wide swath to be expected in the early Showa era. Check out 人間椅子 or 幽霊 as an example.
I don't recommend reading this with the audiobook unless you have access to the original text or you're fast at picking out text. Words are changed, sentences are dropped and added, and things get swapped around. Most of the time it's fine, but sometimes it's confusing. The audiobook is really fun, though. I love the villian voices and 明智 himself.
I don't know if there's much point to a plot summary - there's a brilliant thief, a 名探偵, clever tricks, and action packed til the very end.
*it's the version shown on here. Cover with a doll on it.