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The Lodger

The Lodger

ClassicsHistorical Fiction
Pages
248
Published
1935
Language
English

Synopsis

In this chilling tale, a respectable London lodging house becomes a hotbed of suspicion when a mysterious new tenant arrives. As a string of brutal murders grips the city, the Buntings, the house's caretakers, find themselves drawn into the terrifying events unfolding around them. The line between observer and participant blurs as they grapple with the dark secrets lurking in their own home.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysteriousCreepyAtmospheric
Secret IdentityMorally Grey

Genres

Classics Historical Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller Crime History Short Stories

About the author

M
Marie Belloc Lowndes

Marie Adelaide Belloc was the daughter of Louis Marie Belloc (1830-1872) and Elizabeth Rayner Parkes (1829-1925), born in George Street, Marylebone, London. Marie's mother, better known as 'Bessie', founded the Woman's Suffrage Committee in England in 1866 with her best friend Barbara Bodichon. 'Bessie' Parkes was the granddaughter of Elizabeth Ryland (c.1769-1824) and Joseph Priestley, Jr. (1768-1833). Those maternal grandparents were respectively the children of Samuel Ryland (1745-1817...

Characters

The BuntingsProtagonist
Mr. SleuthAntagonist
Mrs. BuntingSupporting
All characters in The Lodger