Project Gutenberg 2007-02-08 Public domain in the USA. 1240 Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John) 1872 1942 The Hand in the Dark Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Hand in the Dark" by Arthur J. Rees is a novel written in the early 20th century. This work plunges the reader into a haunting world centered around the ominous history of an English moat-house, which has borne witness to centuries of tragedy, from medieval conflicts to modern-day turmoil. The story begins in the aftermath of World War I, blending themes of love, loss, and the supernatural as the characters grapple with their intertwined fates against the backdrop of a house steeped in ghostly legacies. At the start of the novel, the mood is set with rich descriptions of the old moat-house, which serves as both a character and a setting filled with dark history. The opening chapter introduces the reader to a diverse group of characters gathered at the property, including Miss Alethea Heredith, the formidable hostess; her nephew Philip, who recently married Violet; and a range of their modern friends. As they prepare for a country dance, the palpable tension crescendos with Violet's mysterious illness, and the story takes a thrilling turn when her bloodied body is discovered after a shriek pierces the gathering, signifying a chilling murder that disrupts the life and peace of the historic moorland estate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/20546/20546-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 656886 2025-06-08T15:18:56.281835 text/html 658977 2012-08-19T10:38:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 255948 2012-08-19T10:40:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 265236 2025-06-08T15:19:03.167785 application/epub+zip 274691 2025-06-08T15:18:57.220806 application/epub+zip 274691 2025-06-08T15:18:56.794810 application/epub+zip 458880 2025-06-08T15:19:08.205740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427527 2025-06-08T15:19:02.742790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427827 2022-09-09T15:16:20.049657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 634793 2025-06-08T15:18:55.268814 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 634678 2012-08-19T10:39:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 231966 2012-08-19T10:40:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 634678 2012-08-19T10:39:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231917 2012-08-19T10:40:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20795 2025-06-08T15:19:08.349790 application/rdf+xml 12249 2025-06-08T15:18:56.879798 image/jpeg 2111 2025-06-08T15:18:56.836814 image/jpeg 256258 2025-06-08T15:18:56.338845 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 en.wikipedia