eBook - ePub

The Dead Letter

Name: The Dead Letter
ISBN: 9781513294377

Metta Victoria Fuller Victor,

230 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

The Dead Letter

Metta Victoria Fuller Victor,

About this book

The Dead Letter (1867) is a detective novel by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor. Published under the pseudonym Seeley Regester, The Dead Letter is the first full-length work of crime fiction in American literature. "I paused suddenly in my work. Over a year's experience in the Dead Letter office had given a mechanical rapidity to my movements in opening, noting and classifying the contents of the bundles before me […] Young ladies whose love letters have gone astray, evil men whose plans have been confided in writing to their confederates, may feel but little apprehension of the prying eyes of the Department." Richard Redfield is accustomed to boredom in his role as inspector at the post office's dead letter department. Tasked with reviewing the contents of undeliverable letters, Redfield is shocked to discover a clue to the death of his friend two years prior. With the help of Detective Burton, Redfield sets out to uncover the truth, which he hopes will provide belated justice for Henry and peace for his bereaved fiancée Eleanor. This edition of Metta Victoria Fuller Victor's The Dead Letter is a classic of American crime fiction reimagined for modern readers.

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