Another in my challenge to read books made into #Hitchcock films. #TheLodger by #MarieBellocLowndes. Based on the real life story of Jack the Ripper, but this is not a gory slasher. More a character study of the landlord and lady who start to suspect their lodger is responsible for the terrible murders sweeping London. Somewhat dated (it was written in 1917), this slow paced thriller is still actually quite engaging and held my interest till the very end.

All the #PublicDomainDay releases by #StandardEbooks (https://standardebooks.org/ebooks):

The Big Four—#AgathaChristie
Sir Percy Hits Back—#BaronessOrczy
Clouds of Witness—#DorothyLSayers
Unnatural Death—#DorothyLSayers
The Story of Ivy—#MarieBellocLowndes
Elmer Gantry—#SinclairLewis
The Bridge of San Luis Rey—#ThortonWilder
To the Lighthouse—#VirginiaWoolf
Tombstone—#WalterNobleBurns
Death Comes for the Archbishop—#WillaCather
Ashenden—#WSomersetMaugham

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