Parker’s first novel, begun in 1892, opens aboard ship among a company of passengers, the most striking of whom is the lovely and wholly self-possessed Mrs. Falchion. As the story moves on to Canada, accusing faces and an old trail of wrongdoing catch up with her, until the wheel comes full circle.
A psychological melodrama by the author of The Seats of the Mighty, with an introduction recalling three-decker publishing. Download the free EPUB.