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Behind the smiling faces of Washington society, murder turns good manners into a reason for doubt.
In The Red Seal, Natalie Sumner Lincoln brings a murder mystery into the drawing rooms and official circles of Washington, D.C. A crime gathers a circle of suspects from polite society, and the search for truth asks you to look beyond the faces people show the world.
Disguise and hidden secrets give this puzzle its pull. Who is what they seem, and what lies behind a polished appearance? Lincoln's measured style makes room for dialogue, deduction and atmosphere. The pleasure is in watching closely, weighing what people say, and deciding how much their manners really tell you.
What you’ll discover
- A polished social world Enter the capital's drawing rooms, where social life gives the mystery its distinctive setting.
- Secrets beneath the surface Look past smiling faces as the search for truth unsettles a circle of suspects.
- The uncertainty of disguise Let the promise of concealed identity sharpen your doubts about appearances.
- Room to weigh clues Enjoy a measured mystery that favours dialogue and deduction over fast violence.
- An older detective tradition Discover the atmosphere of early American crime fiction through Lincoln's Washington social world.
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For readers who love American detective fiction, clue-hunting and polished social settings, with disguises, hidden secrets and respectable suspects in Washington society.
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- Washington society is the stage
- A crime draws the circle together
- Disguise and hidden secrets drive the puzzle
- How to enjoy a mystery of this period
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by Natalie Sumner Lincoln · 1922
A murder breaks through Washington society's polite faces, and disguises and secrets stand between suspects and truth.
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Washington society is the stage
Natalie Sumner Lincoln knew the capital well, and her mysteries use it as more than a backdrop. Washington offered her a ready cast of officials, hostesses, lawyers, diplomats and servants, all living close together and all watching one another.
In a setting like this, reputation matters a great deal. A scandal can end a career, and families will go far to keep private matters private. That pressure is useful to a mystery writer, because people who have something to protect are people who hide things.
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Who wrote The Red Seal?
The Red Seal was written by Natalie Sumner Lincoln, an American author of detective novels who died in 1935. She wrote many mysteries in the early twentieth century, and several of them are set in Washington, D.C.
What kind of book is The Red Seal?
It is a detective novel, a mystery built around a murder, a set of suspects and a search for hidden truths. It belongs to the traditional puzzle style popular in America in the early twentieth century.
Where is The Red Seal set?
The book is set in Washington society, the world of officials, hostesses and well-off families in the American capital. Lincoln used this setting in many of her mystery novels.
The author
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
1881–1935 · American crime writer
Natalie Sumner Lincoln was an American crime writer who lived in Washington, D.C. She was born there in 1881 and died in 1935. She wrote mystery novels in the early twentieth century. Her books include The Trevor Case, The Thirteenth Letter, and The Red Seal.
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