Don't miss this classic!
I am not a fan of Gothic Romance generally, I only bought this book because I so enjoyed the same authors stories of Raffles, the almost gentleman thief. In case you don't know, E.W. Hornung was the brother in law of A. Conan Doyle and I think his equal in writing skill. Hornung created Raffles, the charming amoral lawbreaker to be the direct opposite of his in-laws creation
Sherlock Holmes in every way and no Holmes fan can fail to be amused by Raffles droll adventures. Based on the title, I thought this a mystery and there is a good mystery in it, but the mystery is secondary to what the publisher rightly calls a "...gothic mystery of high literary merit and great entertainment value...". A woman, wrongly accused of murdering her husband is saved from the mob by a complete stranger, a rich older man with a secret reason to want to marry her. He does in an early chapter and to tell more than that would be criminal, if you are not put off by books written in a turn of the century style then read this fine page turner for yourself! and get the Lancer paperback if you can find it, it has a classic woman fleeing a spooky mansion cover to boot. I'm a man, not a fan of romance novels and I absolutely endose this book!
