Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Breaking Point Mary Roberts Rinehart

Dr. Dick Livingston has joined his uncle David in his general practice in small East Coast village. Dick is a quiet man with a mysterious past. Apparently, he can only remember the last ten years of his life. During his practice Dick falls in love with Elizabeth Wheeler, a young lady who sings in a church choir. One evening he takes her to a play where main actress' manager is shocked to see Dick in audience. He recognizes him as Jud Clark, wanted for questioning in the death of a man, a potential homicide that occurred ten years earlier in Wyoming.