Dames

In a fog so thick that sound becomes the only guide, a man on the brink of drowning is pulled from the water by a practical young woman in a small power boat. As they steer by echoes through the mist, he claims to be a government agent escorting a prisoner to Seattle—yet his story feels uneasy from the start. She brings him to her isolated island home, where he quickly senses that something far more dangerous is closing in. The girl is less troubled by his identity than by the threat of Butch Traynor, a violent local bully who has been stalking her and trying to force her into marriage. With her father injured, her mother away, and the farm left in her care, she stands alone against a man with a brutal reputation and a possible history of killings. When a motorboat's sound returns through the fog, fear turns urgent. As Butch comes ashore, the rescued stranger confronts him with a startling accusation, and the mist-shrouded night erupts into a tense showdown where no one's motives can be fully trusted. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.