Can a dead letter hold a clue to a murder years ago?
Richard Redfield, a clerk in the dead letter office in Washington, is stunned when he opens and reads a cryptic undelivered letter.
Rewind two years to the murder of Henry Moreland in New York.
Henry Moreland, was found stabbed just a few steps from the home of John Argyll, Esq. father of his fiancée Eleanor, and suspicion soon falls upon the lawyer's protégé, Richard Redfield, himself in love with Eleanor. Desperate, Redfield seeks the help of Mr. Burton, a famous New York City detective to clear his name – but the case has more twists and complications than either of the two men were prepared for.
"Another triumph with this pioneering crime novel." – Publishers Weekly