Publisher's Synopsis
'The Clue' - A Locked Room Mystery Classic By Carolyn Wells The three words that best describe Madeleine Van Norman? Beautiful, rich and murdered. She was the most eligible young woman in the state, soon to inherit a fortune. Men adored her, which made her choice of husband rather odd. She was engaged to an uptight man - worse, he was in love with another woman. Was Madeleine having second thoughts? On the eve of her wedding, Madeleine locked herself into her bedroom to think about her impending vows. In the morning, she was found gruesomely murdered. But how could the killer have entered and left? Every single member of the household is a suspect. The town gossips are a whirl of suspicion and fear. Only detective Fleming Stone might be able to unravel the baffling mystery that hangs on one crucial clue. 'The Clue', first published in 1909, is on the Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone list of essential mysteries.
