The three strings

"The Three Strings" by Natalie Sumner Lincoln is an early 20th-century mystery where Evelyn Preston's homecoming turns nightmarish when she finds a dead man in her library. Her isolated discovery catapults her into a whirlwind of police investigations, suspicious friends, and family members, each harboring secrets and entangling her in a web of questions. She soon meets Dan Maynard and her step-father, Peter Burnham, who become entwined in the mystery. With every interaction, the mystery of the dead man's identity and the cause of his death grows, casting suspicion on everyone around her, and transforming her life into a complex puzzle she is desperate to solve.