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The Abandoned Room
The night of his grandfather's mysterious death at the Cedars, Bobby Blackburn was, at least until midnight, in New York. He was held there by the unhealthy habits and companion-ships which recently had angered his grandfather to the point of threatening a disciplinary change in his will. As a consequence he drifted into that strange adventure which later was to surround him with dark shadows and overwhelming doubts. Before following Bobby through his black experience, how-ever, it is better to know what happened at the Cedars where his cousin, Katherine Perrine was, except for the servants, alone with old Silas Blackburn who seemed apprehensive of some sly approach of disaster.
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First published January 1, 1917
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September 5, 2012
A murder occurs in a 'secret room' but is the murdered really dead? Whats all the mystery surrounding the Cedars? How could someone be killed if they slept in a locked room? What is Silas Blackburn's secret? Is Bobby the culprit and does Katherine have something to hide? And to top it all off who's the strange quite ghost-like figure in black...
With a wonderful art of deduction like Sherlock Holmes, Carlos Paredes eventually solves this unusual case...
With a wonderful art of deduction like Sherlock Holmes, Carlos Paredes eventually solves this unusual case...
January 12, 2020
The Abandoned Room is one of those locked door mysteries that I love published in 1917 and written by Wadsworth Camp. Good luck finding out much about him that will fill more than a few lines of type. These are a few of the very few things I can find about him, His name is Charles Wadsworth Camp, but he dropped the Charles when he was writing books, I don't know why. He was a journalist, writer and foreign correspondent whose lungs had been damaged by exposure to mustard gas during World War I. Every place I look mentions that mustard gas, not every place I look mentions that he was born in 1879 in Pennsylvania of all places, where else would you want to be born? He didn't die here though, he died in Florida in 1936, thanks to that mustard gas I suppose. Also, his novels and stories that we never hear about were made into movies, seven of them. He was the father of the writer Madeleine L'Engle. That part of him being the father of Madeleine L'Engle meant nothing to me, I had to go look her up too. At least you can find things about her, she even has her own web site, and no, I've never read any of her books, obviously or I'd know who she was. If she wrote like her father though, I should like her writing, until ghosts start showing up that is, don't worry I'm almost at that. Looking for Wadsworth Camp I came across a Camp Wadsworth. Camp Wadsworth was a World War I-era training facility for the United States Army located near Spartanburg, South Carolina. It has nothing to do with the writer or the story, but I found it interesting, and confusing at times. Anyway, the book I read is The Abandoned Room so I'll move on to that.
Right from the beginning the title had me thinking, how do you abandon a room without abandoning the house? It seems as if it would be hard to totally ignore one room of your house while still living in all the other rooms. I am in the family room just now, a few minutes ago I was in the kitchen, does that mean the kitchen is now abandoned? I have to move on and think of other things. There is no mystery of who is murdered in this book, at least not after the first line:
The night of his grandfather's mysterious death at the Cedars, Bobby Blackburn was, at least until midnight, in New York.
See what I mean? It's no big secret, Bobby's grandfather is dead, and it's not from old age. His grandfather is at the Cedars, their family home, his cousin Katherine Perrine is also at the Cedars, Katherine is too young - 20 years old - and light-hearted to take care of Old Silas Blackburn, at least that's what we're told, but she's there anyway. Oh, and the servants are at the Cedars. The only person not there is Bobby, he is in New York making his grandfather angry. As the story tells us:
He was held there by the unhealthy habits and companionships which recently had angered his grandfather to the point of threatening a disciplinary change in his will. As a consequence he drifted into that strange adventure which later was to surround him with dark shadows and overwhelming doubts.
The Cedars was old, unlucky, and haunted apparently. Bobby and Katherine had often urged Silas to give up and move somewhere else, anywhere else, but he would answer that his ancestors had lived there before the Revolution, and what was good enough for them is good enough for him. So there they are, most of them anyway. For a few days now the old man had been acting oddly. He ate practically nothing at all, and couldn't keep still, he would wander from room to room. His fingers tremble, his voice quavers, he is afraid. When Katherine asks him what he is afraid of all he says is that he expected Mr. Robert (Bobby) to be there that night, but since he hadn't shown up, Silas had decided to change his will leaving his money to the Bedford Foundation. His lawyer would be coming in the morning to draw up the papers. He tells Katherine that it is sad to grow old and have no one to care for you, only for your money. He tells her he is too afraid to sleep in his own room that night, whether all this means he is afraid of Bobby I'm not sure:
"Where are you going?" she whispered.
He turned at the entrance to the corridor.
"I am going to the old bedroom."
"Why? Why?" she asked hysterically. "You can't sleep there. The bed isn't even made."
He lowered his voice to a hoarse whisper:
"Don't you mention I've gone there. If you want to know, I am afraid. I'm afraid to sleep in my own room any longer."
She nodded.
"And you don't think they'd look for you there. What is it? Tell me what it is. Why don't you send for some one—a man?"
"Leave me alone," he mumbled. "Nothing for you to be worried about, except Bobby."
"Yes, there is," she cried. "Yes, there is."
He paid no attention to her fright. He entered the corridor. She heard him shuffling between its narrow walls. She saw his candle disappear in its gloomy reaches.
She ran to her own room and locked the door.
She runs to her room because now she is afraid, afraid of the old bedroom, the one that has been abandoned. The old bedroom is in the opposite corridor than the one her bedroom, and the bedrooms of her uncle and cousin are in. It was seldom used, for it was the oldest part of the house and too many legends had gathered about it. The old bedroom, the abandoned one, had it's own private hall, and a narrow, enclosed staircase, descending to the library. I suppose you could call it a secret staircase if everyone in the book didn't already know about it. Long ago it had been where the head of the family would sleep and the furniture was still there. For years no one had slept in it, because of all the suffering that had gone on in there. It seems someone was always dying in that room, and not peacefully, so the smart thing seemed to be to lock the door and sleep somewhere else, anywhere else. But now Silas Blackburn is afraid of something and decides that the best thing to do would be to sleep in the abandoned room. It isn't. During the night Katherine thinks she hears something and goes to the room, but can't get her uncle to answer her, the door is locked of course, so is the one going to the secret staircase, so she gets one of the servants to break the door down, and they find that Silas isn't afraid of anything anymore. Silas has been killed, but by who, and how did they get in the room?
Meanwhile, Bobby has gone to his apartment in New York and finds the letter from his grandfather telling him of the change in his will if Bobby doesn't come to the Cedars that night. But Bobby has a dinner engagement and decides to think the situation over until dinner is over. Good idea. Unfortunately that dinner is with the friends who had been leading him in ways that made his grandfather mad in the first place, and now they again draw him into a corner and offered him too many cocktails. So Bobby goes off with his friend, Paredes, and has too many cocktails, and they go and meet a woman Paredes knows, Maria, and he has more to drink, and he never does go to the Cedars. Instead, he wakes up the next day in an abandoned house only a few miles from the Cedars. How he got there he can't remember. He remembers nothing after the dinner with Maria. But he can't go to the Cedars looking the way he does now, so he heads back to the train station planning on going back to his apartment to change clothes before coming back. He doesn't make it that far, the police stop him first. Bobby is the obvious suspect, he has the best motive by far, if his grandfather had been alive this morning, he would have changed his will, and Bobby would have lost everything. What more of a reason for murder could there be? But Bobby can't remember what happened.
Everything was going along fine, I was enjoying myself, by now an inspector in our book who seemed to think it would be a good idea to stay in the room himself to see what would happen is no longer with us. I guess he found out what would happen. I'm waiting for the next person, Bobby, or perhaps Hartley Graham, a good friend of both Bobby and Katherine's and also Bobby's lawyer, or the next inspector to decide to stay in that room, just to see what would happen. And I'm right, one of them does. Why is it, I wonder, that no one ever listens to me, I'm pretty sure I was yelling by this time, "don't stay in that room!" I had decided that the way things were going we would know who the murderer was when he was the only one left from all the others taking a turn sleeping in the death room. But that's not what happened. Unfortunately, what happened was that after the murder, after the police came, and the coroner came, and there was an inquest about the whole thing, and they finally buried poor Silas, he came walking into the room. Yes, we have poor Silas back from the dead. It appears that the only person who doesn't know that Silas is dead is Silas, and they have a hard time convincing him that he can't be there. They finally all go out to the cemetary and dig up the grave again just to prove to Silas that he's in there and this is what they find:
"Take off the top plate. That will let us see all we want."
Jenkins climbed out.
"I shan't look. I don't dare look."
Silas Blackburn touched Bobby's arm timidly.
"I've been a hard man, Bobby—"
He broke off, his bearded lips twitching.
The grating of the screws tore through the silence. Rawlins glanced up.
"Lend a hand, somebody."
Groom spoke hoarsely:
"It isn't too late to let the dead rest."
Robinson gestured him away. Graham, Paredes, and he knelt in the snow and helped the detective raise the heavy lid. They placed it at the side of the grave.
They all forced themselves to glance downward.
Katherine screamed. Silas Blackburn leaned on Bobby's arm, shaking with gross, impossible sobs. Paredes shrugged his shoulders. The light wavered in Robinson's hand. They continued to stare. There was nothing else to do.
The coffin was empty.
OK, we have Silas back from the dead, but we still have to figure out who killed him, right? And we have to figure out who killed anyone else dumb enough to sleep in that room, unless they come walking in the door that is. And how did the murderer get into a locked room anyway? I'm not telling. Read the book, I'm moving on to the next one. Happy reading.
Right from the beginning the title had me thinking, how do you abandon a room without abandoning the house? It seems as if it would be hard to totally ignore one room of your house while still living in all the other rooms. I am in the family room just now, a few minutes ago I was in the kitchen, does that mean the kitchen is now abandoned? I have to move on and think of other things. There is no mystery of who is murdered in this book, at least not after the first line:
The night of his grandfather's mysterious death at the Cedars, Bobby Blackburn was, at least until midnight, in New York.
See what I mean? It's no big secret, Bobby's grandfather is dead, and it's not from old age. His grandfather is at the Cedars, their family home, his cousin Katherine Perrine is also at the Cedars, Katherine is too young - 20 years old - and light-hearted to take care of Old Silas Blackburn, at least that's what we're told, but she's there anyway. Oh, and the servants are at the Cedars. The only person not there is Bobby, he is in New York making his grandfather angry. As the story tells us:
He was held there by the unhealthy habits and companionships which recently had angered his grandfather to the point of threatening a disciplinary change in his will. As a consequence he drifted into that strange adventure which later was to surround him with dark shadows and overwhelming doubts.
The Cedars was old, unlucky, and haunted apparently. Bobby and Katherine had often urged Silas to give up and move somewhere else, anywhere else, but he would answer that his ancestors had lived there before the Revolution, and what was good enough for them is good enough for him. So there they are, most of them anyway. For a few days now the old man had been acting oddly. He ate practically nothing at all, and couldn't keep still, he would wander from room to room. His fingers tremble, his voice quavers, he is afraid. When Katherine asks him what he is afraid of all he says is that he expected Mr. Robert (Bobby) to be there that night, but since he hadn't shown up, Silas had decided to change his will leaving his money to the Bedford Foundation. His lawyer would be coming in the morning to draw up the papers. He tells Katherine that it is sad to grow old and have no one to care for you, only for your money. He tells her he is too afraid to sleep in his own room that night, whether all this means he is afraid of Bobby I'm not sure:
"Where are you going?" she whispered.
He turned at the entrance to the corridor.
"I am going to the old bedroom."
"Why? Why?" she asked hysterically. "You can't sleep there. The bed isn't even made."
He lowered his voice to a hoarse whisper:
"Don't you mention I've gone there. If you want to know, I am afraid. I'm afraid to sleep in my own room any longer."
She nodded.
"And you don't think they'd look for you there. What is it? Tell me what it is. Why don't you send for some one—a man?"
"Leave me alone," he mumbled. "Nothing for you to be worried about, except Bobby."
"Yes, there is," she cried. "Yes, there is."
He paid no attention to her fright. He entered the corridor. She heard him shuffling between its narrow walls. She saw his candle disappear in its gloomy reaches.
She ran to her own room and locked the door.
She runs to her room because now she is afraid, afraid of the old bedroom, the one that has been abandoned. The old bedroom is in the opposite corridor than the one her bedroom, and the bedrooms of her uncle and cousin are in. It was seldom used, for it was the oldest part of the house and too many legends had gathered about it. The old bedroom, the abandoned one, had it's own private hall, and a narrow, enclosed staircase, descending to the library. I suppose you could call it a secret staircase if everyone in the book didn't already know about it. Long ago it had been where the head of the family would sleep and the furniture was still there. For years no one had slept in it, because of all the suffering that had gone on in there. It seems someone was always dying in that room, and not peacefully, so the smart thing seemed to be to lock the door and sleep somewhere else, anywhere else. But now Silas Blackburn is afraid of something and decides that the best thing to do would be to sleep in the abandoned room. It isn't. During the night Katherine thinks she hears something and goes to the room, but can't get her uncle to answer her, the door is locked of course, so is the one going to the secret staircase, so she gets one of the servants to break the door down, and they find that Silas isn't afraid of anything anymore. Silas has been killed, but by who, and how did they get in the room?
Meanwhile, Bobby has gone to his apartment in New York and finds the letter from his grandfather telling him of the change in his will if Bobby doesn't come to the Cedars that night. But Bobby has a dinner engagement and decides to think the situation over until dinner is over. Good idea. Unfortunately that dinner is with the friends who had been leading him in ways that made his grandfather mad in the first place, and now they again draw him into a corner and offered him too many cocktails. So Bobby goes off with his friend, Paredes, and has too many cocktails, and they go and meet a woman Paredes knows, Maria, and he has more to drink, and he never does go to the Cedars. Instead, he wakes up the next day in an abandoned house only a few miles from the Cedars. How he got there he can't remember. He remembers nothing after the dinner with Maria. But he can't go to the Cedars looking the way he does now, so he heads back to the train station planning on going back to his apartment to change clothes before coming back. He doesn't make it that far, the police stop him first. Bobby is the obvious suspect, he has the best motive by far, if his grandfather had been alive this morning, he would have changed his will, and Bobby would have lost everything. What more of a reason for murder could there be? But Bobby can't remember what happened.
Everything was going along fine, I was enjoying myself, by now an inspector in our book who seemed to think it would be a good idea to stay in the room himself to see what would happen is no longer with us. I guess he found out what would happen. I'm waiting for the next person, Bobby, or perhaps Hartley Graham, a good friend of both Bobby and Katherine's and also Bobby's lawyer, or the next inspector to decide to stay in that room, just to see what would happen. And I'm right, one of them does. Why is it, I wonder, that no one ever listens to me, I'm pretty sure I was yelling by this time, "don't stay in that room!" I had decided that the way things were going we would know who the murderer was when he was the only one left from all the others taking a turn sleeping in the death room. But that's not what happened. Unfortunately, what happened was that after the murder, after the police came, and the coroner came, and there was an inquest about the whole thing, and they finally buried poor Silas, he came walking into the room. Yes, we have poor Silas back from the dead. It appears that the only person who doesn't know that Silas is dead is Silas, and they have a hard time convincing him that he can't be there. They finally all go out to the cemetary and dig up the grave again just to prove to Silas that he's in there and this is what they find:
"Take off the top plate. That will let us see all we want."
Jenkins climbed out.
"I shan't look. I don't dare look."
Silas Blackburn touched Bobby's arm timidly.
"I've been a hard man, Bobby—"
He broke off, his bearded lips twitching.
The grating of the screws tore through the silence. Rawlins glanced up.
"Lend a hand, somebody."
Groom spoke hoarsely:
"It isn't too late to let the dead rest."
Robinson gestured him away. Graham, Paredes, and he knelt in the snow and helped the detective raise the heavy lid. They placed it at the side of the grave.
They all forced themselves to glance downward.
Katherine screamed. Silas Blackburn leaned on Bobby's arm, shaking with gross, impossible sobs. Paredes shrugged his shoulders. The light wavered in Robinson's hand. They continued to stare. There was nothing else to do.
The coffin was empty.
OK, we have Silas back from the dead, but we still have to figure out who killed him, right? And we have to figure out who killed anyone else dumb enough to sleep in that room, unless they come walking in the door that is. And how did the murderer get into a locked room anyway? I'm not telling. Read the book, I'm moving on to the next one. Happy reading.
November 4, 2009
I had never heard of this book until I came across it online. It was a great read. Part ghost story, part murder mystery and it had a good storyline. It was a quick read and kept me wanting to find out more. I figured out most of it before the end but it still had me turning to find out what happened next. I am glad I stumbled across this one.
May 19, 2017
A wonderful, spooky mystery. Lots of Gothic tones.
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September 8, 2015
Listened to this on Librivox. There were multiple readers and (I LOVE Librivox and am grateful to its volunteers!) the primary reader is quite difficult to listen to, with stilted, choppy speech, so that may have been the reason it earned only two stars. It was just okay, with the ongoing potential of being good. Supposed to be a locked room mystery, the story had too many flaws too feel like a locked room - and the final solution has such a long explanation it feels like its own minidrama.
March 29, 2011
I enjoyed reading this book. The story kept me guessing until the very end. My only criticism is the character’s names. The author continuously switched from calling the characters by their first name to the referred to the characters by their last name. It made it difficult to keep track of who was who.
March 18, 2020
Intriguing puzzle and setting. I'll seek out more from this author.
August 4, 2020
Silas Blackburn is found mysteriously murdered one night in a locked room at the Cedars, that has a history of tragic family deaths and ghosts. Bobby Blackburn, whom he had threatened to disinherit, due to his unhealthy habits and acquaintances, finds himself in the vicinity of the old manor the next morning, with no memory of how he got there.
Bobby’s notorious friend from New York, who was the cause of the rift with his Grandfather, turns up at the house as an uninvited guest and chooses to stay on, supposedly to help Bobby.
The detectives trying to solve the case have to grapple with unseen forces both human and occult in the dark, oppressive house. While the family is weighed down with doubts and fears of the motives and actual happenings of that fateful night.
A very interesting murder mystery!
Bobby’s notorious friend from New York, who was the cause of the rift with his Grandfather, turns up at the house as an uninvited guest and chooses to stay on, supposedly to help Bobby.
The detectives trying to solve the case have to grapple with unseen forces both human and occult in the dark, oppressive house. While the family is weighed down with doubts and fears of the motives and actual happenings of that fateful night.
A very interesting murder mystery!
June 2, 2025
While ‘The Abandoned Room’ (1917) by Wadsworth Camp kept you engrossed wth its continuous action and series of horrific events, it is not an easy book to define. Partly an early locked room mystery, partly a Gothic novel, with its crumbling mansion and full armoury of ghosts and wailing women, partly a detective novel, its atmospherics of storms and snows add greatly to its overall unease. Nevertheless, the ending is not merely unexpected, but discordant, and the denouement explanation is farfetched and so contrived that it is almost ridiculous, a real pity, as the writer keeps your interest till the end.
August 29, 2019
The abandoned room is a mystery story with surprising end. It reminds of a work written by Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle or Agatha Christy. Although some parts are interesting overall it's average.
May 26, 2020
I feel scammed of my time because the first 90% of the book doesn't have clues/hints/any related mentions of the motive until it is sprung out -- very randomly -- near the end.
So you don't really have the chance to read it like you would play an escape room or solve a puzzle.
So you don't really have the chance to read it like you would play an escape room or solve a puzzle.
May 29, 2021
A locked room murder - and the detective immediately decides that it was the grandson who got drunk and lost time.
It's a ghost story with a difference.
The book was written in 1917 and holds up fairly well. The only "issue" is that the house doesn't yet have electricity.
It's a ghost story with a difference.
The book was written in 1917 and holds up fairly well. The only "issue" is that the house doesn't yet have electricity.
December 8, 2021
We enjoyed listening to the book. It went from an almost unsolvable mystery to a solution. I gave it three stars because the solution to the mystery included characters and circumstances that were new to the story and only revealed in the last chapter.
November 26, 2022
A good detective story with horror elements and a bit about a couple in love. The plot flowed excellently and without boring parts.
I enjoyed listening (librivox) and reading of this book. Good book for practicing of English.
I enjoyed listening (librivox) and reading of this book. Good book for practicing of English.
November 29, 2023
I've only started reading books last month. This book kept me flipping through pages and pages. I find that through the first 3/4 of the book there was not much clues or motives to craft a basis on the murderer and the ending was a flurry of words to reveal everything. Still a good read though.
May 8, 2019
Good story. I read the free Project Gutenberg ebook version. I don’t want to buy every single book I’d like to read.
November 12, 2019
Wonderfully entertaining mystery story! Written in 1917, the author, Wadsworth Camp, doesn't miss a beat and is truly a master of the genre. Highly recommended.
June 8, 2020
Tedious and predicatable
March 1, 2022
An interesting, average thriller/horror novel from the early 20th century.
February 9, 2024
Entertaining pre-golden era fare with the loyal butler, the family “bad room,” the prodigal grandson and a material link to the recent and the distant past.
June 21, 2024
I was intrigued in the start but got lost in the middle towards the end, it seemed like the theories of the murders kept going into circles until finally in the last chapters other characters became relevant to the story. Overall was an okay read, since they indeed solved the mystery...
December 22, 2022
I have read through it and other than our Carlos no one really fascinated me,with his see through perspective he lent us his common sense to finally break every hidden nook and crannies, That's all.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 17, 2020
I absolutely loved this book! And I'm so sad that it's over. I had been reading on my phone (something I do not generally enjoy) which meant that I really spaced out my reading time. So, a book that I could have read in a couple of sittings normally, took me almost two months to complete! (I suppose it also helped that I was purposely spacing it out, to really savor the story!)
This book had everything! An easy to follow writing style, a good sense of atmosphere, hints of the supernatural, a locked room mystery, a dogged police detective, a couple of highly mysterious characters, red herrings, missing time, and a room of death!
I didn't think that I would get so drawn in quite so quickly. Once the action picks up, this book is nearly impossible to put down. I loved every minute of it! I can't wait to read more by this author--if his other books are on par with this one, then we're all in for a real treat!
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Update: 11/16/2020
Just finished reading this with the Telephone Book Club. And Dz. and I spent a good 15-20 minutes afterwards just talking about what had happened. The ending completely blew his mind, and as he said "I'll be thinking about this a lot tonight." We both really enjoyed the book, although I think the supernatural elements weren't Dz.'s favorite. Still, the story was a lot of fun, the ending was plausible but completely unexpected, and all in all, it was a solid read.
This book had everything! An easy to follow writing style, a good sense of atmosphere, hints of the supernatural, a locked room mystery, a dogged police detective, a couple of highly mysterious characters, red herrings, missing time, and a room of death!
I didn't think that I would get so drawn in quite so quickly. Once the action picks up, this book is nearly impossible to put down. I loved every minute of it! I can't wait to read more by this author--if his other books are on par with this one, then we're all in for a real treat!
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Update: 11/16/2020
Just finished reading this with the Telephone Book Club. And Dz. and I spent a good 15-20 minutes afterwards just talking about what had happened. The ending completely blew his mind, and as he said "I'll be thinking about this a lot tonight." We both really enjoyed the book, although I think the supernatural elements weren't Dz.'s favorite. Still, the story was a lot of fun, the ending was plausible but completely unexpected, and all in all, it was a solid read.
January 29, 2013
The Abandoned Room is a true master mystery that makes your head buzz with suspects. Who did it? Was it the grandson, in order to protect his inheritance? Was it the niece or maybe the butler or maid? Could it be the doctor or maybe the foreigner? All these suspects are inspected as the tale slowly unfolds. Wadsworth Camp wrote this work of suspense in 1917 and doesn’t leave out a single element that still makes mysteries so popular today. This said, I must also say that it isn’t a book for everyone as (in so many novels of this time) it takes a wordy, roundabout way to its conclusion and may not hold the readers interest to the finish. If you are partial to mysteries without much bloodletting, this may just be a book for you.
August 19, 2012
Great setting with diverse characters. The ending caught me totally by surprise. The writing style was also very modern, which I did not expect. Highly recommended for an engaging and fast read.
June 26, 2013
Well worth reading. It certainly creeped me out and actually gave me a nightmare because I stopped reading it in the middle as I fell asleep. Great solution - one that I did not guess as I was suspecting everybody else but the actual villain.
August 25, 2014
Audiobook. A classic locked room mystery set at an old country estate, this novel keeps you guessing as one after another of the cast of characters is suspected in an impossible murder. The twists keep you hopping, although the end is a bit abrupt.
June 11, 2016
This was my first time testing out an audiobook. I think I'm going to need to actually read the book myself, because the person reading it was dry and hard to follow. I don't believe I'm the type of person who can listen to an audiobook.
June 5, 2010
A classic locked-room mystery published in 1917. The story got bogged down in the middle. Then there was a great twist and it got exciting again. However, the ending was just too convenient.
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