[Gutenberg 55960] • The Lady from Nowhere

One evening in July, the peaceful slumber of the London suburb of Gresham is disturbed by a woman’s terrified cry of “Murder!” - at a local boarding house, a mysterious lady of unknown origins has been found strangled, her jewels taken in an apparent case of robbery with violence. But when Inspector Absalom Gebb of Scotland Yard is assigned to bring the killer to justice, he begins to suspect that the crime may be premeditated, and its roots lie in a brutal murder committed years ago at the mysterious Kirkstone Hall…