Richard Trevlyn keeps returning to an old rhyme promising that no heir will hold Trevlyn lands in peace until truth is found in Trevlyn dust. Years after a sudden tragedy, a watchful boy named Paul enters the household as a servant, and the fair Helen, a hidden key and a family secret draw him toward the answer.
One of the sensational thrillers Alcott wrote alongside her domestic fiction, a surprise for readers who know only Little Women. Download the free EPUB.