тАЬHe says that Miss Holladay entered her fatherтАЩs office late yesterday afternoon, stayed there ten minutes, and then came out hurriedly. A few minutes later Rogers went into the office and found his employer dead. ThatтАЩs the whole case, but itтАЩll be a hard one to break.тАЭ
Lester is a lawyer for a prestigious law firm in New York that represents some of New York CityтАЩs most wealthy citizens, including Hiram W. Holladay, a Wall Street tycoon. When Mr. Holladay is found dead at his desk from a knife wound to the neck, all evidence points to his daughter, Miss Frances Holladay, as the perpetrator.
Courtroom drama, a kidnapping, and a fraught pursuit overseas follow this shocking crime in an ingenious detective story sure to delight mystery fans.
Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872тАУ1962) was an author, anthologist, and librarian. While attending Princeton University, Stevenson was a correspondent for United Press and for the New York Tribune. Stevenson became director of the Chillicothe public library in 1899 and held that position for fifty-eight years. As well as being a librarian, Stevenson wrote numerous novels, including four young adult novels, edited othersтАЩ works, and created numerous anthologies of verse, familiar quotations, and the like.
Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A DollтАЩs House, and Long DayтАЩs Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 QueenтАЩs birthday honors for services to drama.
Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and a multiaward-winning narrator, named one of AudioFileтАЩs Golden Voices.