Synopsis
In a 1916 seaside hotel, a mysterious young man’s unsettling breakfast scene pulls a wary observer into a web of secrets. A sharp mind watches, and a quiet room becomes the stage for a dangerous mystery that blends ordinary life with the abnormal.
As the story unfolds, medical theory and legal doubt collide. The plot moves between a tense hotel drama and a courtroom battle over truth, memory, and what a person can or cannot know when a crime has occurred. The tension comes from both the clues and the people who defend or challenge them, all set against a vivid wartime coast.
- Atmospheric scenes at a grand hotel along the North Sea, with war-era unease lingering in the air.
- A meticulous investigation that weighs medical explanations against criminal plausibility.
- Carefully drawn characters whose motives and loyalties complicate the search for truth.
- A courtroom sequence that tests what evidence can prove about a difficult case.
Ideal for readers who enjoy classic British mysteries with a focus on deduction, psychology, and a sharply drawn wartime setting.
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About The Author Arthur J. Rees (1872–1942) Melbourne-born Rees was a former newspaper journalist who moved to England and is best known as a writer of mystery stories. His books have been translated into French and German. He was on the staff of the Melbourne Age newspaper and later joined the New Zealand Herald news. Two of his stories were included in an American world-anthology of detective stories. His proficiency as a writer of crime-mystery stories is attested by Dorothy Sayers in the introduction to Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, 1928.
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