Dr His Wife The Clock

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The Doctor His Wife and The Clock

"The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock" by Anna Katharine Green is a gripping mystery novel that unfolds in the intricate world of medical and psychological intrigue. As the clock ticks, Dr. Charles Lester finds himself embroiled in a puzzling case involving his own wife and a series of perplexing events. Green's masterful storytelling weaves together suspense, psychological suspense, and the pursuit of truth, keeping readers engaged in this thrilling tale of deception, secrets, and unforeseen consequences.

There is a murder; a blind physician confesses himself the murderer, and to prove that he could shoot a man through the heart offers to hit a small clock placed at a suitable distance, guided only by the sound it makes in striking. The ending is horrible enough to suit even the boy in German folklore who complained that he could not shudder.

In "The Doctor, His Wife and the Clock", , we face a mystery filled with guilt, love and anger that leds to death... An unsolved murder case is reopened when a doctor and neighbour of the deceased confesses to the shooting eighteen months later. The peculiar thing is, the doctor is blind!

A man has been shot dead in his house. Ebenezer Gryce is on the case, but he has no leads, no witnesses, no evidence -- until he decides to talk to the neighbors of the victim, a blind doctor and his beautiful wife...