Out of a Labyrinth

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A detective with his arm in a sling boards a slow train after an investigation has gone badly wrong. Bathurst was sent to Groveland, a prosperous farming township shaken by the disappearances of Nellie Ewing and Mamie Rutger. His effort to work quietly has brought an anonymous warning and a shot from behind a hedge. The first-person account begins with that setback, then explains the events that drew him into the case.

Lawrence L. Lynch builds the mystery around a community whose neighbors have known one another for years. Familiar homes and country roads become places of uncertainty as searchers struggle to find a useful clue. In a later conversation, Bathurst and Carnes test possible explanations, returning to the question of motive and the puzzle of Nellie's missing pony.

About the author

Lawrence L. Lynch

Lawrence L. Lynch was the pen name of Emma Murdoch Van Deventer (1853-1914), an American author of popular detective novels, notable as one of the early women writers of crime fiction.