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The Nightmare Murders

(1940)
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Following a strange compulsion, Robert Harcourt found himself consulting a sinister Fortune-Teller:

"I see you in a beautiful mansion, surrounded by happy faces, by festivities and joyfulness. Laughter is in the air. There is a girl there - a beautiful girl. Fair and beautiful. Do you know her?"
"Yes."
"You are attracted to her, but you hurt her. Cruelly, you hurt her. This very night I can see you hurting her so deeply that she will never forgive you. This very night...
"I will tell you how you will hurt her. This night, as the clock strikes the hour of midnight, you will take the life of a man very dear to her. You will become a - murderer!"

Praise for Gerald Verner


'A gripping murder mystery' - Thomas Waugh

Gerald Verner (1897-1980) was the pseudonym of British writer John Robert Stuart Pringle. Born in London, Verner wrote more than 120 novels that have been translated in over 35 languages, and many of his books have been adapted into films, radio serials and stage plays. Verner also wrote forty-four Sexton Blake tales.



Genre: Mystery

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