Arthur J Rees
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A classic locked room mystery from the genre's Golden Age by the renowned Australian author of the Chief Inspector Luckraft series.
On the day of his wife's funeral, Robert Turold reveals that he has completed his lifelong quest to prove his family's noble blood and restore its barony title. His brother and nephew will be his heirs, skipping over his daughter who he believes is illegitimate due to a deathbed confession from his wife. With the...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Another classic book of murder mystery and mayhem skillfully written with an in depth journey to find out who really did the evil deed and why. „The Shrieking Pit" is one of Arthur Rees's earlier works. American private detective Grant Colwyn is on a leisurely holiday in a fashionable seaside hotel in Norfolk when one morning during breakfast the strange behavior of one of the other guests catches his attention. The young man later leaves the hotel...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Australian mystery writer Arthur J. Rees hits a home run with the ingenious whodunit The Hand in the Dark. The Heredith family plans a housewarming party to celebrate their move to a stately manor house in the English countryside — but when a member of the family winds up dead, the affair takes a decidedly somber turn.
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A mysterious note is delivered to Scotland Yard revealing that a murder has taken place. The letter identifies the location of the corpse and the cause of death of one Sir Horace Fewbanks. When detectives visit the scene, they discover that the information in the note is eerily accurate. But who is the culprit responsible for Fewbanks' murder?