Spider house
a mystery novel
30 min read
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From The Mystery League blog:
> Eccentric Ezra Boonton, "Spider of the Street", is a retired financier who has swindled many to build his fortune, and now lives on the second floor of a house fortified with various gadgets to protect him from his supposed enemies. Captain Janos Catlin of the State Police has gone to see him on a request for protection.
> While Catlin is there, butler/bodyguard Terence Kelly is shot when no one is looking. During the night, Catlin winds up locked in a closet, and when he gets out finds that (Ezra) Boonton has been killed upstairs as well; and no weapon can be found....
*Note: the text uses stereotypes and pejorative terms for various nationalities, common in writing of the time, that are unacceptable today.*
> Eccentric Ezra Boonton, "Spider of the Street", is a retired financier who has swindled many to build his fortune, and now lives on the second floor of a house fortified with various gadgets to protect him from his supposed enemies. Captain Janos Catlin of the State Police has gone to see him on a request for protection.
> While Catlin is there, butler/bodyguard Terence Kelly is shot when no one is looking. During the night, Catlin winds up locked in a closet, and when he gets out finds that (Ezra) Boonton has been killed upstairs as well; and no weapon can be found....
*Note: the text uses stereotypes and pejorative terms for various nationalities, common in writing of the time, that are unacceptable today.*
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