The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, (Paperback)

from bnielsen

Mr og Mrs Bunting har det hårdt økonomisk, så en logerende Mr Sleuth er velkommen, selv om han er lidt mærkelig. En af deres bekendte er ved politiet og holder dem detaljeret orienteret om en række mord begået af Hævneren. Ægteparret bliver mere og mere overbevist om at deres logerende er Hævnere...

from ReneH

A poor couple takes a lodger into their house, at the time the town is hounted by a serial killer. The couple slowly start to wonder if their lodger is that serial killer. Are they right or not?The tension is slowly built up and although we, readers, also suspect the lodger being the killer, we o...

from starbox

"You must bear with me, Mrs Bunting, if I seem a little - just a little - unlike the lodgers you have been accustomed to",, February 20, 2015 This review is from: The Lodger (Paperback) This review is from: The Lodger (Paperback) Last read this aged 13, when I loved it. Re-reading it forty years ...

from encycl

An Edwardian Thriller. The Buntings, a married couple retired from service, are down on their luck. While trying to preserve their "respectability" they have sold or pawned many of their clothes and furnishings. Just in the nick of time an eccentric gentleman chooses to rent 2 rooms from them at ...

from librarygav

Anyone who has seen the old silent movie of "The Lodger" directed by Hitchcock will recognise the plot of this book. Young mysterious lodger boarding at home of elderly couple, "is he or isn't he the serial killer" (based on Jack the Ripper and set in Victorian London). Definitely worth a read, t...