The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() But he finds help from an unexpected ally-a moody, young cadet with a penchant for drink, two volumes of poetry to his name, and a murky past that changes from telling to telling. It's a baffling case Landor must pursue in secret, for the scandal could do irreparable damage to the fledgling institution. Someone has removed the dead man's heart.Īugustus Landor-who acquired some renown in his years as a New York City police detective-is called in to discreetly investigate. ![]() ![]() The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Lincoln.Īt West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope. Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction.” - New York Times Book ReviewĪn ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe-from the author of Courting Mr. “Shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental. Now a Netflix film starring Christian Bale, Harry Melling, and Gillian Anderson ![]()
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