The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes

"The Lodger" by Marie Belloc Lowndes is a horror novel first published as a short story in 1911, later expanded and published in 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, struggling London lodging-house owners, desperately need income when mysterious Mr. Sleuth arrives as their sole guest. As brutal murders plague nearby neighborhoods, Mrs. Bunting notices disturbing patterns in their lodger's behavior. Torn between financial necessity and mounting suspicion, the couple must confront a terrifying possibility that could destroy everything. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947
Title The Lodger
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lodger_(novel)
Credits an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer
Reading Level Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Detective and mystery stories
Subject Serial murders -- Fiction
Subject Whitechapel (London, England) -- Fiction
Subject Jack, the Ripper -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 2014
Release Date
Last Update Apr 22, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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