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The dead letter an American romance

"A deadly puncture from the sharp heel of a stiletto gives "love triangle" murderous new meaning in this gripping gothic mystery. Henry Moreland is stabbed in the back and found lying on the road outside his young lover's house. There is no blood, however, and the only clues are an anonymous letter...

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Main Author: Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller, 1831-1885
Other Authors: Seeley, Regester, Klinger, Leslie S. (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Naperville, IL : Poisoned Pen Press, 2021.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Summary:"A deadly puncture from the sharp heel of a stiletto gives "love triangle" murderous new meaning in this gripping gothic mystery. Henry Moreland is stabbed in the back and found lying on the road outside his young lover's house. There is no blood, however, and the only clues are an anonymous letter and a triangular hole in his coat. The murder weapon? A sharp stiletto. Richard Redfield, a lawyer who seems to be infatuated with the dead man's girlfriend, offers to help a New York City detective and his psychic daughter unravel the crime. Blending the gothic with a hard-boiled investigator, more than 150 years after its publication, the book still surprises and shocks!"--
Item Description:"Library of Congress Crime Classics"--cover.
Published in association with the Library of Congress.
Physical Description:318 pages
ISBN:9781464214974
1464214972
Author Notes:METTA VICTORIA FULLER VICTOR, who wrote several novels under the name SEELEY REGESTER (1831-1885), was a prolific American writer. Not only was she one of the first American woman to write crime fiction, her 1866 novel The Dead Letter, is credited as the first American detective novel, and only the third penned in English.

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