A married couple threading through the Broadway theatre crowd overhear a passer-by say ‘A remarkable man,’ and moments later they are witnesses to a baffling death in a hotel writing room. The detective Caleb Sweetwater follows the clues, letters signed only with initials, to a proud, brilliant inventor named Brotherson and a long duel of wits.
A late, ingenious mystery from the woman often called the mother of the American detective novel. Download the free EPUB.