Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 173 White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick) 1859 1935 White, Frederick Merrick White, Fred Merrick The Crimson Blind Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Crimson Blind" by Fred M. White is a novel written in the early 20th century. This intriguing story follows David Steel, a struggling novelist who finds himself in a dire financial situation due to a brother's misconduct, leading to a night filled with unexpected twists and turns as he receives an anonymous phone call from someone who may hold the key to his salvation. The plot thickens when Steel is drawn into a web of mystery involving criminal activities, a mysterious woman, and a potential murder. The opening of the novel introduces David Steel, who, in a moment of despair, reflects on his circumstances and the imminent threat of losing everything he has worked for. As he navigates through his looming financial ruin, he receives a call from a mysterious voice offering him £1,000 in exchange for helping a friend in need. Drawn by both the alluring offer and the urgency of his own situation, Steel follows the voice's instructions, leading him to a secretive exchange that involves a package containing bank notes. However, as he grapples with his newfound financial relief, he quickly becomes embroiled in a murder investigation when a body is discovered in his conservatory, pointing towards a deeper conspiracy that he will have to unravel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Mystery fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 748120 2025-08-04T10:08:01.674089 text/html 747941 2025-01-12T18:12:50.585548 text/html 341780 2025-08-04T10:08:11.198984 application/epub+zip 354141 2025-08-04T10:08:03.762027 application/epub+zip 354142 2025-08-04T10:08:02.511048 application/epub+zip 642701 2025-08-04T10:08:17.214965 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583361 2025-08-04T10:08:10.334064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558021 2022-09-05T05:36:58.808032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674532 2025-08-04T10:08:01.047045 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 674427 2020-12-26T23:51:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 674419 2020-12-26T23:51:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19313 2025-08-04T10:08:17.340947 application/rdf+xml 13879 2025-08-04T10:08:03.013014 image/jpeg 3754 2025-08-04T10:08:02.764026 image/jpeg 251875 2020-12-26T23:51:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 251819 2020-12-26T23:51:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 335403 2025-08-04T10:08:01.732084 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