The Clock Struck One

Julian Edermont lives at the Red House with his ward Dora Carew and his old friend Lambert Joad. But things are amiss at the House. First Edermont suffers a panic attack at church during the section of the Litany that prays for deliverance from murder and sudden death. Then he has a terrible argument with Dora's fiancee Dr. Allen Scott. When Edermont is found beaten to death in his study his strange behaviour becomes the key to unlocking a terrible crime - and Dora is forced to turn detective... Originally published in 1898 this is another thrilling Victorian murder mystery from the pen of prolific crime writer Fergus Hume.