The Last Stroke (Illustrated Edition)

Written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, under the nom de plume of Lawrence L. Lynch, this detective story opens with the mysterious disappearance of schoolmaster, Mr. Brierly. The under-teacher and students set about finding him, but when his body is found, the mystery only deepens. Was it murder? What was the motive? He appeared to have no enemies. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

This edition of the book contains the 10 place-, time-, and subject-relevant iconic illustrations that are unique to this edition of the book.

Emma Murdock Van Deventer was a late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century novelist whose works appeared in the U.S. and Britain between 1870-1912. Born in Oswego, Illinois in 1853. She married Dr. A.E. Van Deventer in 1887. Emma died of a stroke in 1914.