Project Gutenberg 2011-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 406 Tracy, Virginia 1946 Raleigh, Henry 1880 1945 "Persons Unknown" Produced by Roland Schlenker, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Persons Unknown" by Virginia Tracy is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Bryce Herrick, a struggling writer who becomes entangled in a murder investigation when he witnesses a chilling event through his window. The novel explores themes of deception, love, and the complexities of human relationships against a backdrop of crime and intrigue. The opening of the narrative introduces Herrick during a hot August night, where he is awakened by a dream of his childhood and a mysterious phrase calling him to "Ask Nancy Cornish." As he listens to a magnificent piano performance from an apartment across the street, he is abruptly drawn into a night of chaos when he sees a shadowy figure and hears a gunshot. This incident propels him into a flurry of activity as he attempts to assist the police in unraveling the mystery of the victim, James R. Ingham, whose death becomes the crux of a complex plot involving potential suspects, including the enigmatic actress Christina Hope. As Herrick grapples with the unfolding events, he finds himself torn between his growing fascination with Christina and the haunting circumstances surrounding her connection to the murder. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Authors -- Fiction Detective and mystery stories Actresses -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 884720 2025-08-15T09:05:53.166852 text/html 890495 2021-01-08T04:39:01 text/html 1170187 2025-08-15T09:06:05.519750 application/epub+zip 1181993 2025-08-15T09:05:56.789894 application/epub+zip 424328 2025-08-15T09:05:55.295794 application/epub+zip 1530911 2025-08-15T09:06:12.557713 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1485618 2025-08-15T09:06:04.440754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 712892 2022-09-17T08:13:22.584900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 847122 2025-08-15T09:05:51.582864 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 846942 2021-01-08T04:39:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 846933 2021-01-08T04:39:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21083 2025-08-15T09:06:12.886725 application/rdf+xml 16648 2025-08-15T09:05:55.823811 image/jpeg 4215 2025-08-15T09:05:55.557836 image/jpeg 332773 2021-01-08T04:39:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 1058307 2021-01-08T04:39:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 332658 2021-01-08T04:39:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 1130740 2025-08-15T09:05:53.277832 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia