<p><em>'</em>Eric is dead......and I am certain his death was murder.'</p><p></p><p><em>Stories of Crime &amp; Detection Volume Eleven</em> contains a novel and a novella.</p><p></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>The Sealed Room Murder</strong><em> </em>Eric Winter is murdered by his Uncle Godfrey who has made it look like natural causes.&nbsp;The victim's sister Patricia suspects foul play and writes a letter to her brother's friend Alan.&nbsp;Godfrey learns of his niece's prying and tries to kill her but Alan and reporter Larry Milner arrive in the nick of time.&nbsp;Milner is then determined to prove that Eric Winters death is murder and get the scoop of a lifetime.&nbsp;He turns amateur sleuth but his efforts only lead to Godfrey increasing the stakes.Larry's detective work may prove deadly for all involved.&nbsp;</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>The Secret of Hunters Keep</strong><em> </em>&nbsp;This is a tongue-in-cheek adventure offering romance murder and secret passages following Scotland Yard detective Peter Wootton as he unravels a series of baffling events at Hunters Keep.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p><strong>JAMES JACK RONALD </strong>(1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction mystery stories and dramatic novels. Raised in Glasgow Ronald moved to Chicago aged seventeen to 'earn his fortune' later returning to the UK to pursue a writing career. His early works were serializations and short stories syndicated in newspapers and magazines around the world. Ronald wrote under a number of pseudonyms including Michael Crombie Kirk Wales Peter Gale Mark Ellison and Kenneth Streeter among others. Several books were adapted into films including <em>Murder in the Family </em>(1938) <em>The Witness Vanishes </em>(1939) and <em>The Suspect </em>(1944).</p>