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Mr. Bunting jumped nervously to her feet. She stood for a moment listening in the darkness, a darkness made the blacker by the line of light under the door behind which sat Bunting reading his paper. And then it came again, that loud, tremulous, uncertain double knock; not a... Read Full Overview

Somewhere in London a madman was at large. And then one night there came a knock at the door of a quiet lodging house in the Marylebone Road. . . . This novel, based on the Jack the Ripper murders, was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. "One of the best suspense novels ever... Read Full Overview

A serial killer calling himself "The Avenger" is prowling the streets of London. But Mr. and Mrs. Bunting has things of a more everyday nature to worry about. Facing the prospect of hard times, they are happy when a gentleman rents the upstairs rooms in their home. Soon, however,... Read Full Overview

A serial killer calling himself "The Avenger" is prowling the streets of London. But Mr. and Mrs. Bunting has things of a more everyday nature to worry about. Facing the prospect of hard times, they are happy when a gentleman rents the upstairs rooms in their home. Soon, however,... Read Full Overview

The Lodger was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller, and a remarkable film it is. But the story Hitchcock tells -- of young love and mistaken identity (and is that a mistake, or malicious accusation by a rival. . . ?) -- is very different from Lowndes's... Read Full Overview

"One of the best suspense novels ever written." -- The New York Times
"This is a beautifully wrought novel of psychological suspense that should have a place on any mystery buff's shelf of classics." -- Chicago Sun-Times
"The Ripper murders still arouse excitement,... Read Full Overview

Out of the London fog, a mysterious stranger arrives on the Buntings' doorstep seeking lodgings and a kindly ear--but a horrifying secret lurks behind his gentlemanly facade. Can Mrs Bunting uncover the true nature of his strange obsessions and avert looming disaster for her... Read Full Overview

The Lodger (1913) is a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Inspired by the infamous murders committed by Jack the Ripper and Dr. Neill Cream-also known as the Lambeth Poisoner-The Lodger is a thriller that employs aspects of the popular penny dreadful novel while... Read Full Overview

Written in 1913, The Lodger was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller, and a remarkable film it is. But the story Hitchcock tells -- of young love and mistaken identity (and is that a mistake, or malicious accusation by a rival. . . ) -- is very... Read Full Overview

!! MARIE BELLOC LOWNDES CELEBRATED SUSPENSE STORY ACCOMPANIED BY STILLS AND IMAGES FROM SIR ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S AMAZING 1927 SILENT FILM !!. . . A knock at the door and a mysterious stranger enters the lives of a private, unassuming English couple, their daughter and her beau,... Read Full Overview

Robert Bunting and Ellen his wife sat before their dully burning, carefully-banked-up fire. The room, especially when it be known that it was part of a house standing in a grimy, if not exactly sordid, London thoroughfare, was exceptionally clean and well-cared-for. A casual... Read Full Overview

According to legend, in 1910, Marie Belloc Lowndes attended a London dinner party where a guest told her that his mother's butler and cook claimed they had once rented rooms to Jack the Ripper, the notorious mass murderer. The idea for "The Lodger" was born.

Mr. and... Read Full Overview

According to legend, in 1910, Marie Belloc Lowndes attended a London dinner party where a guest told her that his mother's butler and cook claimed they had once rented rooms to Jack the Ripper, the notorious mass murderer. The idea for "The Lodger" was born.

Mr. and... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

According to legend, in 1910, Marie Belloc Lowndes attended a London dinner party where a guest told her that his mother's butler and cook claimed they had once rented rooms to Jack the Ripper, the notorious mass murderer. The idea for "The Lodger" was born.

Mr. and... Read Full Overview

Maggie Wilson was only thirty-three, but life in the teeming streets of Walworth was not that easy in 1908 - not if you were a widow with four young daughters. It was pretty much a hand-to-mouth existence and without the lodger Maggie really wouldn't have managed at all. Constable... Read Full Overview

A haunting mystery tale that revolves around the Jack the Ripper murders, this novel was the basis for several films, including a 1927 Alfred Hitchcock silent film featuring Ivor Novello in the title role.