The Million-Dollar Suitcase

In 1914 San Francisco, a bank's teller vanishes with nearly a million dollars, leaving behind only an empty suitcase and questions no one can answer. When Edward Clayte walks out of the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank with the vault's contents, he doesn't just steal money, he steals the institution's future, the board's credibility, and potentially lives. Detective Jerry Boyne takes the case, but he isn't the only one hunting answers: Worth Gilbert, son of the bank's benefactor, is determined to reclaim what's his family's legacy, and he has his own theories about how and why Clayte pulled this off. What follows is a period piece mystery that captures Edward Clayte's disappearance at the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank in 1914, with nearly a million dollars vanishing alongside him. Detective Jerry Boyne takes on the investigation while Worth Gilbert, tied to the bank's founding family, pursues his own leads. The novel stands as an intriguing early work of mystery fiction, particularly notable for being penned by a female author during an era when the genre was predominantly male-dominated. Readers drawn to classic detective fiction, historical mysteries, and early 20th-century American literature will find plenty to enjoy here.