A wealthy widow is struck down in her house in the town of Sibley, and a mysterious gentleman from Toledo is seen nearby. The young detective Horace Byrd and the veteran Mr. Gryce follow the clues while suspicion falls on Craik Mansell, the widow’s nephew, leaving his beloved Imogene Dare torn between loyalty and terrible knowledge.
A courtroom-centred mystery from the woman who wrote The Leavenworth Case and helped shape the American detective novel. Download the free EPUB.