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A blind private detective and his dogs star in this thrilling World War II mystery with “enough action and surprises to keep the pages turning” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). Meet Captain Duncan Maclain. Blinded during his service in the first World War, Maclain made up for his lack of vision by sharpening his other senses, achieving a mastery of the subtle unseen clues often missed by those who see only with their eyes. Aided by his dogs Schnucke and Driest, the Captain puts the intelligence-gathering techniques he learned in the Army to work, making a name for himself as New York City’s most sought-after private detective. Now it’s 1940, there’s a second World War breaking out, and Maclain is pulled into a case unlike any he’s investigated before. The murder of an actor in his Greenwich Village apartment would cause a stir no matter the circumstances but, when the actor happens to possess secret government plans, and when those plans go missing along with the young woman with whom he was last seen, it’s sensational enough to interest not only the local police, but the American government as well. Maclain suspects a German spy plot at work and, in a world where treasonous

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Author

Baynard Kendrick, Otto Penzler, Baynard Harwick Kendrick

Publisher

Penzler Publishers

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781613162057

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Rating

4.5 / 5 (77 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14