"The Soul Scar: A Craig Kennedy Scientific Mystery Novel" by Arthur B. Reeve is a thrilling mystery where scientific detective Craig Kennedy starts an investigation when lawyer Vail Wilford dies under mysterious circumstances that point to suicide. Called in to investigate by Doctor Leslie, Kennedy finds a complicated case involving elements of psychical analysis and human emotion, with Honora, Wilford's wife, revealing she foresaw her husband's death in a dream. As Kennedy digs deeper, clues like a puzzling note and traces of poison send him down a twisted trail blurring dreams and reality as he seeks to solve a sophisticated crime motivated by complex relationships and hidden desires.

The Soul Scar: A Craig Kennedy Scientific Mystery Novel
By Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
A scientific detective must unravel a web of dreams and forensic clues to uncover the truth behind a suspicious death that may be more than just a suicide.
Summary
About the AuthorArthur Benjamin Reeve was an American mystery writer. He is known best for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, for 18 detective novels. Reeve is famous mostly for the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were published grouped together as episodic novels. The 12-volume publication Craig Kennedy Stories was released during 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.
Arthur Benjamin Reeve was an American mystery writer. He is known best for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, for 18 detective novels. Reeve is famous mostly for the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were published grouped together as episodic novels. The 12-volume publication Craig Kennedy Stories was released during 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.