02588cam a22003733u 4500 77537 UtSlPG 20260610134809.0 m cr n 260607r20251896utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Allen, Ida Reade Heart to heart Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier New eagle series no. 989 Release date is 2025-12-23 Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) "Heart to heart" by Ida Reade Allen is a mystery-romance novel written in the late 19th century. Set in the lakeside town of Lakeview, it pivots on a sensational wedding-day death that exposes hidden motives, tangled affections, and social pressures. Central figures include Colonel Willowby and his daughter Maud, the conflicted Henry Cross, the keen-eyed detective Jack Hull, and the enigmatic Violet Harding. The opening of the novel stages a radiant spring wedding that collapses into shock when bridegroom Allen Chesterbrook is discovered stabbed in his rooms, the scene suggestive of robbery yet missing nothing of value. Coroner Granby and Detective Hull take charge; Hull notes a dagger marked “V. H.” and golden hairs with a crinkled hairpin, soon focusing on Violet Harding after hearing town gossip and later intervening when a rough acquaintance confronts her by the lake. Meanwhile, Henry Cross finds and briefly conceals a torn letter implying Allen intended to break his engagement, and he privately tells Colonel Willowby—who is also reeling from a looming financial ruin Allen had promised to avert. Cross steps in to shore up the colonel’s debts and urges silence to spare Maud, while the funeral passes without her appearance and suspicion quietly gathers around Violet. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Street & Smith, 1896 Detective and mystery stories Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction Dime novels Romance fiction New eagle series no. 989 https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:1200736 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77537 118257 118257