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Red Lamp eBook

by Mary Roberts Rinehart
language: english
Publisher: Orion, August of 2021 ‧
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A haunted seaside mansion - a series of suspicious deaths...

Perfect gothic crime fiction for fans of Shirley Jackson


''Showcases her extraordinary gift for sustaining high levels of tension ... reminiscent of Shirley Jackson ... and she excels at the tantalising tease'' Publishers Weekly

William Porter has just inherited a seaside manor. As an academic, he doesn''t believe the rumours that it is haunted - nor is he suspicious of the circumstances behind the inheritance - after all, lots of people die suddenly from heart attacks, and his uncle Horace was just unlucky.

His wife, however, refuses to live in the main house and will only move into the lodge elsewhere on the grounds. And she may be right: soon after they arrive, Porter sees a shadowy figure illuminated by the red glow of Horace''s writing lamp, the very light that shone on the scene of his death.

Even Porter''s scepticism is tested to the limit when a rash of murders occurs across the countryside. And if Porter isn''t very careful, he risks implicating himself in the crimes he hopes to solve.

Red Lamp

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Property Description
ISBN: 9781471920653
Publisher: Orion
Release Date: August of 2021
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Police and Thriller
EAN: 9781471920653
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mary Roberts Rinehart nasceu em Pittsburgh, nos Estados Unidos da América, a 12 de agosto de 1876. Formada em enfermagem, cujos conhecimentos técnicos veio a aplicar com mestria nas tramas que concebeu, foi após uma queda de valores na Bolsa americana que Rinehart, vendo-se sem poupanças, começa a escrever as primeiras histórias. O seu livro de estreia, O Mistério da Escada de Caracol (1908), tornou-se um enorme êxito e é ainda hoje considerado um título pioneiro do romance policial. Responsável pelo desfecho «o culpado é o mordomo», que ficaria para sempre associado ao romance de mistério, a autora inovou e amplificou o género, destacando-se ainda com a obra O Homem da Cama n.º 10 (1909), ou a peça O Morcego, que serviria de inspiração à personagem de Batman. Morre em Nova Iorque, a 22 de setembro de 1958.

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