Providence Rhode Island 1928. A dangerous inmate disappears from a private hospital for the insane his method of escape baffling the authorities. Only the patients final visitor family physician Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willetthimself a piece of the puzzleholds the key to unlocking The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. A macabre mixture of historical investigation graverobbing and bonechilling revelation this newly reissued adaptation in a smaller format with a foreword by Jeff Lemire and a new cover