Description
Robert and Ellen Bunting are a middle aged couple from the lower middle class on the verge of ruin. It seems like nothing can save them from becoming homeless and then starving to death, until a young man comes knocking on their door.
The mysterious Mr. Sleuth is received with open arms and thoughts of rehabilitation by the impoverished couple. His gold sovereigns make him look less strange and suspicious in the eyes of the Buntings.
Not long after the lodger moves in, the city of London is shaken by a series of cruel murders. Ellen Bunting is already experiencing a series of contradictory feelings for Mr. Sleuth; he intrigues her, he fascinates her, he makes her want to protect her, he frightens her. She begins to suspect that he hides something terrible.
After a while, Robert Bunting starts having the same suspicions as his wife, but the two never share their thoughts. They both go through a profound inner struggle between their morality and the survival instinct.
Turning in the lodger will mean no more money, no more food and the possibility to lose their home. Moreover, they are not completely sure that Mr. Sleuth is the murderer the press talks about. They have no proof, only suspicions.
Marie Belloc Lowndes was born on the 5th of August 1868, in London, but she was raised in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France. Her writing style combines psychological interest with thrilling situations. Her most acclaimed novel, The Lodger, served as inspiration for 5 movies, the first being The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She wrote about her brother and about her mother in two novels: The Young Hilaire Belloc and I, too, Have Lived in Arcadia. Marie Belloc Lowndes died in England, but she was buried in France, near Versailles.
Product ID: 9781775421542
Sku: 9781775421542
