The Yellow Crayon

For a day and a night, Mr. Sabin sits motionless in a flower-scented room, while sunlight gives way to moonlight and the house falls silent around him. Then he calls for Burgundy—and orders his departure for New York.

At his beautiful country home, the Duchess of Souspennier is gone, and Sabin believes she has been taken against her will. He leaves the life of a duke behind, travelling as Mr. Sabin with only his devoted servant Duson beside him, determined to find her despite the dangers ahead. In New York, a letter is waiting: no name, no explanation, only four words in a peculiar shade of yellow pencil—“Go back to Lenox.” Sabin knows the mark. Who sent it, and what do they know about the Duchess?

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