A Night in Monk-Hall

By George Lippard

A cry of "Murder" breaks the silence of a mansion built to conceal as much as it reveals. Spending a terrifying night within its walls, Boyd Merivale is drawn into a mystery of suspected violence, disappearance and disgrace, where every passage seems to lead towards another secret. His first-person account brings an immediate, colloquial energy to the terror, allowing flashes of dark humour to interrupt-but never dispel-the mounting suspense. Trap-doors, hidden rooms and subterranean chambers turn the house into an active instrument of uncertainty. Ominous sounds suggest unseen threats, while concealed mechanisms offer possible physical explanations for apparently supernatural events. As Boyd attempts to understand Emily Walraven's connection with the disappearance of Paul Western, outward respectability begins to look increasingly fragile, shadowed by corruption and concealed violence. The mystery depends not only on what may have happened, but on whether anything within these walls can be trusted. Beyond the mansion, the theatres and streets of Philadelphia widen the story's world without loosening its grip. Crime melodrama and psychological horror meet in a Gothic mystery shaped by entrapment, secrecy and unexplained violence, while the narrator's conversational voice keeps the extraordinary events disconcertingly close. Its architecture of closets, chambers, stairways and hidden lower levels sustains a tense ambiguity: is the terror supernatural, mechanically contrived, or rooted in human wrongdoing? This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378418945
• ISBN13: 9789378418945
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 22 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"