He was sentenced to death on charges of killing his lover. He is guilty in the eyes of society and justice. But not in the eyes of his wife - his "angel".

Writing in the first person from the perspective of this new and beautiful woman, Woolrich makes us feel her love, her anxiety, and her despair as she transforms into an avenging angel to save her husband from execution.

A classic detective novel with an exciting plot from the author who has been called the Edgar Allan Poe of the twentieth century and the father of contemporary "noir".