Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 256 Camp, Wadsworth 1879 1936 Camp, Charles Wadsworth The Abandoned Room Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team “The Abandoned Room” by Wadsworth Camp is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the death of Silas Blackburn, an old man who dies mysteriously at his secluded estate, known as the Cedars. As the narrative unfolds, suspicion falls on his grandson, Bobby Blackburn, who is portrayed as a young man with a troubled lifestyle, fearful of becoming penniless due to a change in his grandfather’s will. The opening of the story establishes a tense atmosphere with Katherine, Bobby's cousin, keeping vigil at the Cedars on the night of Silas Blackburn's death. Silas exhibits signs of fear and unrest prior to his demise, hinting at an unseen threat. As Katherine confronts her growing unease, we learn of Bobby's absence and potential conflict between him and his grandfather. The narrative is rich with suspense, as after Silas’s death, a detective named Howells suggests foul play and begins investigating, suggesting that Bobby may be more involved in the mystery than he realizes. This sets the stage for a tangled web of suspicion, family dynamics, and the search for truth in the wake of tragedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Mystery fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 540199 2025-08-05T05:26:46.431516 text/html 540177 540056 2024-11-05T06:52:32.647274 2023-10-05T07:20:43.522921 text/html text/html 262317 2025-08-05T05:26:55.491518 application/epub+zip 271185 2025-08-05T05:26:49.098435 application/epub+zip 261429 2025-08-05T05:26:47.928490 application/epub+zip 488222 2025-08-05T05:27:00.283422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455359 2025-08-05T05:26:54.653432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428361 2022-09-05T10:22:46.194766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471240 2025-08-05T05:26:45.593454 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 451537 2024-10-28T18:14:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16581 2025-08-05T05:27:00.421400 application/rdf+xml 13550 2025-08-05T05:26:48.432444 image/jpeg 3529 2025-08-05T05:26:48.178463 image/jpeg 257959 2025-08-05T05:26:46.472484 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog