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Evil Guest

Le Fanu’s inimitable style continues with The Evil Guest, a murder mystery fraught with dark imagery and mysterious characters. An unwanted guest visiting a dreary and isolated home is murdered; the thriller leads the reader down countless ‘dead’ ends before revealing the identity of the guilty party. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)

Year of Publication: 1895Genres: Detective Fiction

Running Time: 4 hours 18 minutes 56 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	01 (Beginning ... "Dear Madame, how happy -- how very happy you make me.") Cate Barratt	22:11
2	02 (Had Ithuriel touched with his spear, ... "Thank you ma'am -- God bless you," said the man, withdrawing.) Cate Barratt	18:35
3	03 (Mrs. Marston rang the bell ... yet mighty things were involved in the alternative.) Cate Barratt	17:30
4	04 (There was a deeper gloom than usual ... "which you fear to tell me of.") Cate Barratt	18:09
5	05 ("My looks! Why, curse it" ... "will, I fear, affect him most deplorably.") Cate Barratt	17:25
6	06 (The young man kissed her tenderly ... they were summoned together to prosecute.) Cate Barratt	18:11
7	07 (There remained still to be examined ... glance at ther companion, but did not speak.) Cate Barratt	17:54
8	08 ("Mr. Marston still persists" ... "J. Danvers") Cate Barratt	16:45
9	09 ("He regards it as a merciful interposition" ... continued to sob and weep.) Cate Barratt	19:34
10	10 (The party were suddenly recalled ... wondering, and weeping.) Cate Barratt	17:36
11	11 (Two or three days passed, ... bleak and bitter enough they were.) Cate Barratt	19:24
12	12 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream.) Cate Barratt	13:04
13	13 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him.") Cate Barratt	12:01
14	14 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know.") Cate Barratt	16:33
15	15 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End.) Cate Barratt	14:04