Hag's Nook - John Dickson Carr
Paperback book
Penguin #C256 1967 (First Published 1933, First Penguin 1940)
In his detecting debut, larger than life lexicographer Dr. Gideon Fell is
entertaining young American college graduate Tad Rampole at Yew Cottage, Fell's
charming home in the English countryside.
Within sight of his study window is the ruin of Chatterham Prison,
perched high on a precipice known as Hag's Nook. The prison's land belongs to the Starberth
family - whose eldest sons must each spend an hour in the prison's eerie
"Governor's Room" to inherit the family fortune.
Rampole is especially interested in the family, having met the young and
beautiful Dorothy Starberth on the train from London. He readily agrees when Fell and the local
reverend, Thomas Saunders, ask him to accompany them as they watch and wait for
badly frightened Martin Starberth to complete 'his hour' in the prison. Martin has every reason to be afraid; more
than one Starberth heir has met an untimely end. Will his turn come tonight?
Condition:
The book is in very good condition for its age.
The cover has a small bald patch on the back near to the spine, a couple
of slightly creased / bent corners, slight edge wear, vertical creases and
bowing to the spine, faint surface marks and scratches and slight age browning
on the front. Inside, the book has some
slightly creased / bent corners, minor marks and wear and slight age
browning. The pages appear to be in
tight and clean condition for their age.