Publisher's Synopsis
"...this locked-room classic... as in the best such novels, the solution is both plausible and surprising. This fair-play gem reinforces the publisher's raison d'être." Publishers WeeklyIs Breule Manor cursed? Can a strange incantation predicting the time of death release an occult spirit to murder time and time again in impossible circumstances and with no clues? As the terror gets closer, an amateur detective stumbles across the astonishing solution. Recognised as one of the great novels of the French Golden Age, the story will grab you, baffle you and amuse you. Locked Room International translates and publishes the works of international impossible crime authors past and present. For information about signed and lettered editions of all living authors please contact [email protected] or go to www.mylri.com.