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From the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Timothy comes an ingenious tale of murder and revenge, featuring a retired New York City detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe.
HarperCollins
June 2006
On Sale: February 20, 2007
432 pages ISBN: 0060733977 EAN: 9780060733971 Hardcover
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Mystery Historical
At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October
evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's
body swinging from a rope just off the parade grounds. An
apparent suicide is not unheard of in a harsh regimen like
West Point's, but the next morning, an even greater horror
comes to light. Someone has stolen into the room where the
body lay and removed the heart. At a loss for answers and desperate to avoid any negative
publicity, the Academy calls on the services of a local
civilian, Augustus Landor, a former police detective who
acquired some renown during his years in New York City
before retiring to the Hudson Highlands for his health. Now
a widower, and restless in his seclusion, Landor agrees to
take on the case. As he questions the dead man's
acquaintances, he finds an eager assistant in a moody,
intriguing young cadet with a penchant for drink, two
volumes of poetry to his name, and a murky past that changes
from telling to telling. The cadet's name? Edgar Allan Poe. Impressed with Poe's astute powers of observation, Landor is
convinced that the poet may prove useful -- if he can stay
sober long enough to put his keen reasoning skills to the
task. Working in close contact, the two men -- separated by
years but alike in intelligence -- develop a surprisingly
deep rapport as their investigation takes them into a hidden
world of secret societies, ritual sacrifices, and more
bodies. Soon, however, the macabre murders and Landor's own
buried secrets threaten to tear the two men and their newly
formed friendship apart. A rich tapestry of fine prose and intricately detailed
characters, THE PALE BLUE EYE transports readers into
a labyrinth of the unknown that will leave them guessing
until the very end.
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