Pale Blue Eye

<p><strong>Now a Netflix film starring Christian Bale Harry Melling and Gillian Anderson</strong></p><p><strong>Shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental . . . reads like a lost classic. Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction. -- <em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p><strong>An ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe--from the author of<em> Courting Mr. Lincoln</em>.</strong></p><p>At West Point Academy in 1830 the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope. The next morning an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man's heart. </p><p>Augustus Landor--who acquired some renown in his years as a New York City police detective--is called in to discreetly investigate. It's a baffling case Landor must pursue in secret for the scandal could do irreparable damage to the fledgling institution. But he finds help from an unexpected ally--a moody young cadet with a penchant for drink two volumes of poetry to his name and a murky past that changes from telling to telling. </p><p>The strange and haunted Southern poet for whom Landor develops a fatherly affection is named Edgar Allan Poe.</p>