Private detective Nathan Crow investigates the murder of Dorothy Maxwell. She hired him to find someone named Edward, with whom she’d been corresponding—having replied to a letter addressed to another girl. Crow took the case, but a week later Dorothy was killed.
Before World War II, Nathan Crow had been one of Sydney’s best lawyers. After the war, though, he had to abandon his practice. A concussion torments him with severe headaches and night terrors, and memories of an unsuccessful marriage make him avoid intimacy. If you gave him free rein, he’d leave everyone. But his cousin won’t give up and contacts Ada Gilliard, a field surgeon who helps former soldiers cope with the aftermath of combat injuries.
Will Nathan Crow manage to find the mysterious Edward and solve the murder? Can Ada bring the gloomy detective back to life? He has no intention of getting involved with anyone—yet she has other plans…