“Lord help me,” said Hadley, “I will. Well, Fell?” He assumed a stem air, but a curious, wise, ancient smile crept about his mouth. “Dr. Fell, your vote?”
“‘Unsolved,’” said the doctor.
“Mr. Rampole?”
“‘Unsolved,’” said Rampole, instantly.
The dying firelight lit Hadley’s face as he half-turned. He upturned his hand; the white note-sheets fluttered from it and drifted down into the blaze. They caught fire and leaped in a puff. Hadley’s hand remained motionless, the ancient, wise smile still on his face.
“‘Unsolved,’” he said.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Published in 2019 by Penzler Publishers
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Distributed by W. W. Norton
Copyright © 1933 The Estate of Clarice M. Carr.
Introduction copyright © 2019 by Otto Penzler.
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Cover image: Andy Ross
Cover design: Mauricio Diaz
Paperback ISBN 9781613161333
Hardcover ISBN 9781613161326
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2019901469
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