The pale blue eye : a novel
At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cade's body swinging from a rope. The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man's heart. August Landor-who acquired some renown in his years as a New York City police detective-is called in to discreetly investigate. It's a baffling case to the fledgling institution. But he finds help from an unexpecte...