The Red Widow Murders: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery Carr John Dickson
The Red Widow Murders: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery Carr John Dickson They say that Lord Mantling's mansion is haunted -- at least, one room of it is. But the challenge turns fatal when the man…
Specifikacia The Red Widow Murders: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery Carr John Dickson
The Red Widow Murders: A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery Carr John Dickson
They say that Lord Mantling's mansion is haunted -- at least, one room of it is. But the challenge turns fatal when the man selected for the task is found poisoned the next morning when the doors are opened. Known as the Red Widow's Chamber, the now-sealed quarters once housed the wife of a guillotine operator in the French Revolution, and, since her passing, have been host to a century of unsolved horrors, including the death of a man in 1802, the death of a child in 1895, and a number of mysterious mortalities in the years in between.Now, in 1935, eight men and women join at the manor for a sinister experiment to determine the truth behind the haunting once and for all: they each draw a card, and whoever pulls the Ace of Spades must spend a night in that terrifying room.
The locked room was guarded all night, so nobody could have entered or escaped; what's more, the deadly