The second-story man turned out to be… a woman, of substantial temerity and aptitude. Not only was she able to determine, in the darkness of a mid-October night in 1937, the exact fire escape, and floor, of the room she was intent upon infiltrating; she was able to sidestep the unwelcome attentions, both benign and hostile, of neighbors and cops alike. Until she was not.
This was scarcely an accident, for she knew New York City well, and she was on a mission…
Professor Kent Radford was missing! His friend and colleague, Professor Miles Pritchard, received…