In a fog-bound March dawn of the first year of peace, a stranger called Hawksley steps off a train at Albany carrying a pair of famous emeralds. Pursued to a New York boarding house by men who will kill for the stones, he finds unlikely allies in a pretty neighbour and Cutty, a seasoned old adventurer.
Fast, colourful suspense from 1920, with the Red scare and the lure of jewels driving every chapter. Download the free EPUB.