The Dead Letter
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About The Dead Letter
A love triangle turns deadly in the first full-length detective novel by an American author Published a decade prior to Anna Katharine Green's The Leavenworth Case (1878), The Dead Letter concerns the murder of Henry Moreland, whose body is found just a few steps from the home of John Argyll, Esq. Moreland was engaged to Argyll's daughter, Eleanor, and suspicion soon falls upon the lawyer's prot g , Richard Redfield. Desperate to clear his name, Redfield seeks the help of Mr. Burton, a famous New York City detective--but the case has more twists and turns than either of the two men could possibly imagine. Set against the political turmoil of the Reconstruction Era, The Dead Letter is a fascinating historical document, a pioneering work of genre fiction, and a mystery with a cleverly satisfying conclusion. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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- Audience
- Adult/general
- Commitment
- Standalone or self-contained
- Estimated reading time
- 7.0 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Shorter read
- Best for
- Readers seeking classic victorian mysteries
Why readers are finding The Dead Letter
The Dead Letter by Seeley Regester, published in 2021, is a 272-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Classic Victorian Mysteries.
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- Print ISBN
- 978-1-464-21497-4
- Published
- 2021
- Pages
- 272
