Publisher's Synopsis
The Agony Column is a classic mystery novel by the creator of Charlie Chan.This Edition with Original Illustrations by WILL GREFÉ.
It is 1914 and war looms large over London. But visiting American Geoffrey West has something even more important on his mind: a pretty young Texan from the hotel breakfast room. They have not shared their names and all he knows about her is that she prefers grapefruit to strawberries and that she shares his fondness for the strange personal ads in the Daily Mail's "agony column." Soon, Geoffrey finds himself with a challenge: to write five letters in as many days describing a murder mystery in which he is a suspect. Will he be able to clear his name and learn the identity of his beloved before she evacuates London and sails for home?
