THE PALE BLUE EYE is a melancholy mystery set in 1830. A widowed, retired police detective named Landor teams up with a young Edgar Allan Poe to solve a murder with a macabre twist at West Point. They investigate the hanging of a cadet whose heart was cut out after his corpse was sent to the morgue. During their investigation, the two men find that the murder and mutilation may be related to a secret satanic ritual being performed in the nearby icehouse.