Showing results for "The Mysterious Stranger" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Recently, there had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, constant companion to old Mrs Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about "a lot of sharks". And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil.

A one of a kind robbery occurs in a bank. The robbers didn’t take money. Faridi has to throw some punches to get the information. The robbers, it seems, became victims of their own plans.

So far, it had been a typical New Year's Eve house party. But Mr. Satterthwaite, a keen observer of human nature, sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold. So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr. Quin? And why did his presence have such a pronounced effect on Eleanor Portal, the woman with the dyed-black hair?

An excellent story about the last voyage of an old freighter, her sick captain, and the strange Dr. Percival. You are trapped aboard an ill-fated ocean liner, captained by a dying man, whilst a mysterious stranger, haunting you, menacing you, seems intent on sending you to destruction...