
A bitter January night cloaks Boston in a glittering veil of ice, turning the bustling city into a silent, frosted tableau. Against this stark backdrop, Dr. Thomas Turner, a weary physician, is jolted from his quiet evening by the sudden clang of a bell and the arrival of a mysterious teenage boy clutching a folded card. The air is thick with anticipation, and the doctor's reluctant step into the night hints that something far from ordinary is about to unfold.
From the moment the stranger appears, the narrative weaves a tapestry of secrets, whispered promises, and uneasy alliances. As Turner follows the cryptic summons, he is drawn into a web of hidden motives that link a strange adventure to a looming danger. Listeners will be swept along a Victorian‑era mystery where every whispered confession and unexpected encounter could turn friend into foe, and where the true nature of the “double deception” remains just out of reach.
Language
en
Duration
~12 hours (716K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Street & Smith, 1888.
Credits
Richard Tonsing 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
2023-04-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1843–1926
A prolific American writer of popular fiction, she published as Mrs. Georgie Sheldon and helped shape the world of late-19th-century dime novels and sentimental romance. Her stories were built for suspense, feeling, and page-turning drama, which is why they still make lively reading today.
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