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Reprint of the mystery novel originally published in 1904.
Reprint of the mystery novel originally published in 1904.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
A death takes place in Boston in the early 1900's gaslight era, and
chronicles the mysterious death of 62-year-old John Darrow, who
openly stated having a premonition that he was going to be
murdered. The death takes place in a closed room in which there are
5 other people: the family physician Dr. Ned (the story's narrator)
Gwen (the victim's beautiful daughter), Maitland (our protagonist;
a chemist/lawyer), and two other guests of the family. All the
doors and windows are closed except the window on the East side
which is open about 6 inches. Darrow is in the center of the room
with the other five in different parts of the room. He was seated
on a high backed chair, a full 8 feet away from the open east side
window. Is it a natural death, a suicide or murder most foul? A
detecting competition arises between George Maitland and police
Inspector Godin, reportedly the best detective in the U.S., who
concludes his investigation overnight.
Gwen heard me through in silence and then said wearily, in a voice
which had now neither intensity nor elasticity, "I understand fully
the apparent absurdity of my position, yet I know my father was
murdered. The wound which caused his death has escaped your notice,
but - "
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
Reprint of the mystery novel originally published in 1904.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Gwen heard me through in silence and then said wearily, in a voice
which had now neither intensity nor elasticity, "I understand fully
the apparent absurdity of my position, yet I know my father was
murdered. The wound which caused his death has escaped your notice,
but -"
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