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By: Louis Bayard
Narrated by: Charles Leggett
Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-15-14
Categories: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Format: mp3 64/48 mono
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“Shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental . . . reads like a lost classic. Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction.” (New York Times Book Review)
“Seemlessly blends Poe into an engrossing whodunit worthy of its inspiration. ” (USA Today)
An ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe—from the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln.
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.
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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