The Hand in the Dark (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. An Atmospheric Country-House Murder Mystery of Secrets, Inheritance, and Classic DetectionBy Arthur J. Rees
Length12h 14m
About this audiobook
The Hand in the Dark is a finely constructed early-twentieth-century detective novel that joins the country-house mystery to a darker Gothic inheritance. Set amid the declining grandeur of an English family estate, the narrative turns on a shocking murder, concealed motives, and the troubling persistence of secrets buried beneath respectability. Rees writes with measured, atmospheric prose, balancing melodramatic tension with the evidentiary discipline of classic detection, and the novel belongs to the transitional moment between Victorian sensation fiction and the Golden Age puzzle mystery. Arthur J. Rees, an Australian-born journalist and novelist who worked in New Zealand and Britain, brought to his fiction a reporter's alertness to procedure, testimony, and the instability of appearances. His familiarity with crime reporting, colonial movement, and British social institutions helped shape his interest in law, class, inheritance, and moral disguise. These concerns are evident in the novel's careful attention to household hierarchies, police inquiry, and the ambiguities of character. This book is recommended to readers who enjoy intelligent vintage crime fiction with atmosphere as well as ingenuity. It will especially appeal to admirers of pre-Christie detective fiction, Gothic-tinged mysteries, and narratives in which the solution depends not only on clues, but on a penetrating understanding of human fear, loyalty, and deception.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (12)
Includes Amazon
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length12 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 12, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
16CHAPTER XV
2CHAPTER I
17CHAPTER XVI
3CHAPTER II
18CHAPTER XVII
4CHAPTER III
19CHAPTER XVIII
5CHAPTER IV
20CHAPTER XIX
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6CHAPTER V
21CHAPTER XX
7CHAPTER VI
22CHAPTER XXI
8CHAPTER VII
23CHAPTER XXII
9CHAPTER VIII
24CHAPTER XXIII
10CHAPTER IX
25CHAPTER XXIV
11CHAPTER X
26CHAPTER XXV
12CHAPTER XI
27CHAPTER XXVI
13CHAPTER XII
28CHAPTER XXVII
14CHAPTER XIII
29CHAPTER XXVIII
15CHAPTER XIV
30Memorable Quotes
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