
Guilty River
'Guilty River' Summary
Gerard Roylake, upon returning home to claim his inheritance following his father's death, rekindles his childhood friendship with Cristel Toller. Their budding romance, however, faces a sinister threat in the form of The Lodger, a deaf man with an unhealthy obsession with Cristel. When Gerard accepts an invitation to tea from The Lodger, his life takes a perilous turn, setting into motion a series of disturbing and deadly events. As Gerard delves into The Lodger's past, he unravels a trail of secrets and betrayals, uncovering the depths of The Lodger's obsession and the danger it poses to Cristel and himself.Book Details
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Wilkie Collins
London
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known for The Woman in White (1859), and for The Moonstone (1868), which has been called the first modern English detective novel. B...
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