The Red Ledger (Annotated)

Frank L. Packard's The Red Ledger is a tightly plotted work of early twentieth-century popular crime fiction, built around the perilous moral and narrative power of a document that records hidden guilt, obligation, and criminal commerce. Packard combines sensational intrigue with disciplined pacing, moving through disguises, pursuit, revelation, and underworld maneuvering in the manner of the clas...