The Circular Study
Anna Katharine Green
A man is found stabbed in his round, curtained study, with a mute servant and a bird that cries "Remember Evelyn!" as the only witnesses. An aging Ebenezer Gryce, his assistant Sweetwater and Amelia Butterworth piece the crime together.
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