
The THIRTEENTH LETTER
CHAPTER I THE EVENTS OF A NIGHT
CHAPTER II CAUGHT IN THE WEB
CHAPTER III COMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER IV THE BLACK CREST
CHAPTER V SHERIFF TRENHOLM ASKS QUESTIONS
CHAPTER VI THE THIRD HAND
CHAPTER VII CURIOUS QUESTIONS AND EVASIVE ANSWERS
CHAPTER VIII BLACKMAIL
CHAPTER IX THE DENIAL
In a remote winter outpost, a fierce snowstorm isolates a modest farmhouse turned hunting lodge, where a newly arrived nurse, Miss Ward, faces her first daunting assignment. She tends to the ailing Paul Abbott, a wealthy heir whose condition is fragile, while the impatient Dr. Roberts hands her a mysterious dose and a cryptic warning about a possible collapse. The creaking corridors, dim oil‑lamp light, and relentless wind create an atmosphere thick with tension and unanswered questions.
As the night deepens, the nurse must balance professional duty with the unsettling sense that something more than illness lurks within the walls. The brief, strained conversations hint at hidden relationships, secret debts, and a past that may be catching up with the powerful Abbott family. Listeners are drawn into a suspenseful tableau where every whispered instruction could be a clue, and the isolated setting amplifies the mystery waiting to unfold.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (354K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: A. L. Burt Company, 1923,copyright 1924.
Credits
D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-04-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1881–1935
A Washington, D.C., mystery writer with a sharp eye for politics and society, she built suspenseful crime stories out of the world she knew best. Her novels blend drawing-room intrigue, courtroom tension, and the atmosphere of the capital in the early 1900s.
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