Death in the Dusk

Death in the Dusk opens as Alfred Bannerlee's uneasy, self-questioning diary of a nightmarish stay at Highglen House in Wales, where a wedding gathering is shattered by the disappearance of Sir Brooke Mortimer. A prefatory letter from Lord Ludlow both dismisses and tantalizes the manuscript, hinting at superstition, hidden motives, and the sinister shadow of Parson Lolly, while the wider account insists that Bannerlee alone could tell the truth of the "nine-days' terror" that gripped the nation. As Bannerlee moves through the Hall of the Moth, he meets a gallery of sharply drawn figures—Paula Lebetwood, intelligent and resolute; the radiant Alberta Pendleton; the enigmatic Mrs. Belvoir; the polished Gilbert Maryvale; the volatile Sean Cosgrove; and others whose politeness conceals dangerous tensions. Midnight chimes, a woman's cry, a black-clad moving shape, and Millicent Mertoun's collapse push the house into Gothic panic. Beyond the mansion, rain-soaked walks, old murders, local folklore, and a staged killing with a slate weapon deepen the mystery, as the estate itself seems steeped in secrecy, menace, and unresolved crime. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.