A Strange Disappearance
by Anna Katharine Green
Publisher: Project Gutenberg 1998
ISBN/ASIN: 1557420556
Description:
The sewing girl in the New York mansion of wealthy Mr. Blake has been abducted. Traces of struggle and drops of blood are visible in her room. And yet how did the abductors get her out a window and down a tall ladder without some cooperation from her?
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