A classic crime novel from 1914, with an exotic menagerie, a secret society of revolutionaries, and a panther named Satan.
Estelle Burney has high hopes for her engagement to Roy Gaveston, the handsome young heir to Dalston Manor. Yet the Gaveston family has its dark secrets, ones to which Estelle is exposed when she is invited to the great house, to meet Roy ’s aunt, the reclusive invalid Judith Gaveston. Estelle ’s visit to Dalston Manor will lead her into dark plots involving sinister Italian conspirators, exposure to the hidden secrets of the Gaveston family, and, ultimately, will bring her into contact with Judith Gaveston’s pet, a ferocious black panther named Satan. Can Estelle and Roy survive the threats presented by Judith’s enemies, and escape the dangers they will face in their visit to the House of the Black Panther?
Alice and Claude Askew were the best-selling writing partnership behind many popular novels published during the Edwardian period. Their crime mystery classic The House of the Black Pantherwas first published in 1914. This edition represents the first time this work has been returned to print in over a century, making the inventive and original mystery writing of the Askews accessible to a modern audience.
