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Arthur Rees

The Hand in the Dark

Name: The Hand in the Dark
Brand: Polyglot Publishing
SKU: 5f6fca9c-3034-7fd7-20f6-808a7a2ae783-el-en
Price: 40.99 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Arthur Rees

Original publication: 1920
Bilingual edition: June 12, 2026
Pages: 660
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Genres: Crime and Thriller, Horror
Translated from: English

Book summary

An English detective novel. In the autumn of 1918, the Heredith family is entertaining guests at their old moated manor house in Sussex. Violet, the young wife of the son of the house, is ill and stays alone in her room. During dinner, a scream and then a gunshot ring out upstairs: she is found shot dead, with no weapon and no trace, and the open window is six metres above the ground. A Scotland Yard detective, then a famous private investigator, take up the case. A classic puzzle, carefully built.

The plot

A shot rings out during dinner. Autumn 1918, in an English manor house. Violet, a young bride, is ill. She stays alone in her room upstairs.

The world of the book

An old manor house surrounded by a moat. For centuries, the Heredith family has lived in this brick manor house. An old legend foretells a terrible end for the family.

The author

From Melbourne to London, a journalist’s life. Arthur Rees was born in Melbourne, Australia, where he became a journalist.

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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