The Shrieking Pit

by Arthur J. Rees

Overview

After suffering a fit, a mysterious young man disappears from his Norfolk hotel. The next day, an archaeologist is found murdered in a nearby village and the mystery man is the only suspect...

Private Investigator Colwyn is on holiday in the area and he doesn't believe the accused man is guilty, but how can he prove it?

From the Golden Age of Detective Fiction comes a neatly plotted thriller in which atmosphere and mystery mix to produce a tight and satisfying tale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780984385799
Publisher:	Resurrected Press
Publication date:	04/22/2010
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Arthur J. Rees (1872-1942)
Melbourne-born Rees was a former newspaper journalist who moved to England and is best known as a writer of mystery stories. His books have been translated into French and German. He was on the staff of the Melbourne Age newspaper and later joined the New Zealand Herald news. Two of his stories were included in an American world-anthology of detective stories. His proficiency as a writer of crime-mystery stories is attested by Dorothy Sayers in the introduction to Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, 1928.