Mysteries of Winterthurn

xi, 482 pp. 8vo. A novel by the National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nominee. "In Mysteries of Winterthurn, the brilliant young detective-hero Xavier Kilgarvan is confronted with three baffling cases—"The Virgin in the Rose-Bower," "The Devil's Half-Acre," and "The Blood-Stained Gown"—that tax his genius for detection to the utmost, just as his forbidden passion for his cousin Perdita becomes an obsession that shapes his life. Keywords: LITERATURE AMERICAN FICTION PULITZER PRIZE WINNER JOYCE CAROL OATES MYSTERIES WINTERTHURN SIGNED FIRST EDITION