The Silent Bullet

Craig Kennedy believes modern crime can be solved by science, not guesswork, and he proves it with a series of baffling cases that test both his intellect and nerve. From the impossible shooting of broker Kerr Parker—a death marked by a silent bullet, a vanished weapon, and a crowded office that heard nothing—to a web of speculation, blackmail, and hidden motives involving Mrs. Parker, James Bruce, and a mysterious red-haired woman, Kennedy follows every clue into the heart of corruption. His method is relentless and ingenious: he studies bullets, reconstructs crime scenes, traces missing garments, gathers handwriting samples, and uses laboratory experiments to expose even a cunning poisoner like the Frenchman Poissan, who is caught in a deadly scheme involving stolen Morowitch jewels. But Kennedy's next challenge may be even stranger. District Attorney Whitney brings him to Williston, where Laura Wainwright and John Templeton are found dead in a library in an eerie embrace, with no clear poison, no obvious struggle, and no agreement among the experts. Was it accident, suicide, or murder? Kennedy must solve a case where the greatest clue may be the emptiness itself. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.