A cry on the hill at night leads the townspeople of a small New England port to the body of Agatha Webb, one of its most respected women. A purple orchid, an empty drawer that is later full and a spot on the lawn point in troubling directions, and while the local talent bungles, the detective Knapp and the young Sweetwater follow the clues into the town’s leading family.
A pioneering American mystery by the writer often called the mother of the detective novel. Download the free EPUB.