Mason: Murder Rents a Room

“. . . laid in an Alabama plantation home, once a seat of the mighty but now fallen to such dire need that a sign is placed at the distant gate: ‘Admission 50c. Hunting—Fishing—Rooms.’ A stranger, driving nowhere in particular through the country, but seeking quiet and convalescence, happens to read it, turns in and takes a room. Thus begins an exciting tale which moves at a lively clip and holds one up to the very end.” (Louisville, KY, Courier-Journal, 1943) Additional First published in 1943.