The Hand in the Dark

by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees · language: en

Vocabulary level: Intermediate · Flesch–Kincaid grade 8 · 5,720 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Detective and mystery stories

Words worth knowing: deductive · underworld · jaunt · petrol · complicity · perpetrator · hectic · monopolize

THE HAND IN THE DARK BY ARTHUR J. REES AUTHOR OF "THE SHRIEKING PIT" NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD Copyright, 1920 PRESS OF THE VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON, N. Y., U. S. A.

THE HAND IN THE DARK

Seen in the sad glamour of an English twilight, the old moat-house, emerging from the thin mists which veiled the green flats in which it stood, conveyed the impression of a habitation falling into senility, tired with centuries of existence.

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