The Moon Rock
English
By (author): Arthur J. Rees
A classic locked room mystery from the genres Golden Age by the renowned Australian author of the Chief Inspector Luckraft series.
On the day of his wifes funeral, Robert Turold reveals that he has completed his lifelong quest to prove his familys noble blood and restore its barony title. His brother and nephew will be his heirs, skipping over his daughter who he believes is illegitimate due to a deathbed confession from his wife. With the granting of a peerage within his reach, Robert has no qualms involving the neglected girl in public scandala turn of events that has left the surviving members of his family reeling.
High on the Cornish cliffs, Roberts isolated and imposing Flint House proves the perfect backdrop for a mysterious crime, when hes found shot in a locked room. While first impressions point to suicide, Roberts sister is convinced he was murdered. Arriving from Scotland Yard, Detective Barrant suspects Roberts now-missing daughter, who has fled to London.
Mired in past secrets and sins, the case seems to go nowhere and everywhere at once. But the threads of obsession, greed, and revenge will lead to a devious killer, who is soon to be trapped in a web of their own design. See more
On the day of his wifes funeral, Robert Turold reveals that he has completed his lifelong quest to prove his familys noble blood and restore its barony title. His brother and nephew will be his heirs, skipping over his daughter who he believes is illegitimate due to a deathbed confession from his wife. With the granting of a peerage within his reach, Robert has no qualms involving the neglected girl in public scandala turn of events that has left the surviving members of his family reeling.
High on the Cornish cliffs, Roberts isolated and imposing Flint House proves the perfect backdrop for a mysterious crime, when hes found shot in a locked room. While first impressions point to suicide, Roberts sister is convinced he was murdered. Arriving from Scotland Yard, Detective Barrant suspects Roberts now-missing daughter, who has fled to London.
Mired in past secrets and sins, the case seems to go nowhere and everywhere at once. But the threads of obsession, greed, and revenge will lead to a devious killer, who is soon to be trapped in a web of their own design. See more
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