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The Dead Letter

by Metta Victor

A junior lawyer investigates the murder of a man engaged to a woman he has feelings for.

Themes: Fiction · Mystery

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A two-year-old dead letter halts a clerk's mechanical routine—he hasn't even opened it, yet something about the date grips him. You'll wonder what's in that envelope, and why this particular missive breaks through his cynicism.

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