Tiring of the hustle and bustle of London, Tony Chant decides to decamp to the solitude of the north west of Ireland. He and his valet Forge lease a lonely old house on the coast of Donegal for a summer of fishing and relaxation. Unfortunately for Tony, however, the rural idyll, though secluded, is not as lonely or uninhabited as he had hoped - and a number of mysterious incidents lead him to suspect the presence of a very nasty serpent in this particular Eden...
Originally published in 1928, this is a vintage mystery from the pen of John Haslette Vahey, who also wrote as Vernon Loder.
Tiring of the hustle and bustle of London, Tony Chant decides to decamp to the solitude of the north west of Ireland. He and his valet Forge lease a lonely old house on the coast of Donegal for a summer of fishing and relaxation. Unfortunately for Tony, however, the rural idyll, though secluded, is not as lonely or uninhabited as he had hoped - and a number of mysterious incidents lead him to suspect the presence of a very nasty serpent in this particular Eden...
Originally published in 1928, this is a vintage mystery from the pen of John Haslette Vahey, who also wrote as Vernon Loder.