The pale blue eye
Bayard, Louis2022
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April 19th, 1831. In two or three hours I'll be dead. So begins the chilling last testament of Gus Landor, a retired New York City police constable, whose numerous talents include code-breaking, riot control and the 'gloveless interrogation'. A young cadet has been found hanged at a military academy on the shores of the Hudson River. Before his body could be buried, however, it was stolen and his heart brutally carved out. Fearing a scandal, the top brass at West Point have summoned Landor to help catch the culprit, and keep his discoveries away from prying eyes. As Landor embarks on a thrilling adventure to solve the case, he uncovers a series of dark secrets and finds unlikely assistance in the form of a mischievous young cadet named Edgar Allen Poe.
Main title:
The pale blue eye / Louis Bayard.
Author:
Bayard, Louis, author
Imprint:
London : Baskerville, 2022.
Collation:
432 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: John Murray, 2006.Film tie-in.
ISBN:
9781399810050 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3552.A85864
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3300320