Project Gutenberg 2009-07-06 Public domain in the USA. 94 Burns, William J. 1861 1932 Burns, William John Ostrander, Isabel 1883 1924 Chipperfield, Robert Orr Grant, Douglas Fox, David Ostrander, Isabel Egenton Grefé, Will Grefe, Will 15017132 The Crevice E-text prepared by Roger Frank, Darleen Dove, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "The Crevice" by William J. Burns and Isabel Ostrander is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the mysterious death of Pennington Lawton, a powerful financier whose unexpected demise sparks a complex chain of events that leave his daughter, Anita Lawton, grappling with revelations about her father's life and business dealings. As the narrative unfolds, Anita finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue involving her father's associates and an unknown visitor on the night of his death, raising the stakes in a race to uncover the truth behind her father's hidden secrets. The opening portion of the novel introduces readers to the stark contrast between the public persona of Pennington Lawton as a revered financial magnate and the shadowy implications of his private affairs upon his death. The narrative begins with Lawton's death , and we see the immediate aftermath and how it affects those around him, particularly his daughter Anita. As she begins to process her grief, Anita recalls key moments leading up to her father's death, most notably an intriguing conversation she overheard late at night involving her father and a mysterious visitor, which indicates potential foul play. The tension escalates as she receives shocking news from her minister about her father's financial ruin and the possibility of a conspiracy involving those closest to him, laying the groundwork for a suspenseful exploration of trust, betrayal, and the search for justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 614092 613937 2024-09-12T13:55:26.984544 2023-09-13T06:09:50.840330 text/html text/html 644062 2009-07-06T11:05:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 766992 2009-07-06T11:09:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 912658 2024-09-12T13:55:36.386423 application/epub+zip 924690 2024-09-12T13:55:28.798432 application/epub+zip 290290 2024-09-12T13:55:27.751426 application/epub+zip 1134540 2024-09-12T13:55:42.261351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1118942 2024-09-12T13:55:35.619433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485559 2022-09-13T14:46:57.830994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 543819 543699 2024-09-12T13:55:25.554470 2023-09-13T06:09:49.534359 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 543533 2009-07-06T09:30:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 207790 2009-07-06T09:30:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 543541 2009-07-06T09:30:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 207727 2009-07-06T09:30:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21113 2024-09-12T13:55:42.428350 application/rdf+xml 10752 2024-09-12T13:55:28.125456 image/jpeg 2831 2024-09-12T13:55:27.939412 image/jpeg 811337 2024-09-12T13:55:27.063447 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia