Indeed, he read very little except detective stories, which he devoured at a rate of one a day. Ronald Knox, The Motive
When Mrs Pearce stepped into the life classroom of the Morosini Art School she receives the fright of her life when she sees blood “[o]n the floor, like a strand of dark red wool it was, coming from behind the screen in the corner.” Behind that screen is found the body of artists’ model Althea …
Continue reading The Art School Murders by Moray Dalton (1943)
A Christmas party at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. George Tunbridge, and a game of hide and seek – in the dark. In the darkness house guest Hugh Darrow hears a sound "like the ticking of a clock". And when he reaches out to investigate “…touched an arm, a shoulder, something warm, wet, …