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An enthralling locked room mystery, The Abandoned Room focuses on the mysterious circumstances under which Silas Blackburn has been murdered at The Cedars, an eerie and isolated country estate. The most obvious suspect to the murder is Bobby Blackburn, the victim's grandson who seems to have the best motive for the murder, although he has no recollection of the fateful night. Furthermore, Camp integrates a vibrant array of characters, detailed description, supernatural occurrences, and a generous supply of suspense, which in turn build up the novel's allure.

Bobby Brown's grandfather is murdered and no one knows how did the killer enter the locked room? Excerpt: "The night of his grandfather's mysterious death at the Cedars, Bobby Blackburn was, at least until midnight, in New York. He was held there by the unhealthy habits and companionships which recently had angered his grandfather to the point of threatening a disciplinary change in his will. As a consequence he drifted into that strange adventure which later was to surround him with dark shadows and overwhelming doubts."

A murder occurs in a 'secret room' but is the murdered really dead? Whats all the mystery surrounding the Cedars? How could someone be killed if they slept in a locked room? What is Silas Blackburn's secret? Is Bobby the culprit and does Katherine have something to hide? And to top it all off who's the strange quite ghost-like figure in black... With a wonderful art of deduction like Sherlock Holmes, Carlos Paredes eventually solves this unusual case...

The Abandoned Room, published in 1917, is a classic mystery novel written by Charles Wadsworth Camp. The book starts out with the mysterious death of Bobby Blackburn's grandfather.

The Abandoned Room by Wadsworth Camp. One of the greatest classics of literary fiction, now available in high quality.

The Abandoned Room is a true master mystery that makes your head buzz with suspects. Who did it? Was it the grandson, in order to protect his inheritance? Was it the niece or maybe the butler or maid? Could it be the doctor or maybe the foreigner? All these suspects are inspected as the tale slowly unfolds. Wadsworth Camp wrote this work of suspense in 1917 and doesn't leave out a single element that still makes mysteries so popular today. Great setting with diverse characters. Highly recommended for an engaging and fast read.

In this classic text by Wadsworth Camp, the mystery of a secret room, scene of many murders, is unraveled by Carlos Paredes, the Panamanian Sherlock Holmes. The Abondoned Room is a thrilling mystery that offers the reader several fascinating scenarios and keeps on the edge of his seat.

An enthralling locked room mystery, The Abandoned Room focuses on the mysterious circumstances under which Silas Blackburn has been murdered at The Cedars, an eerie and isolated country estate. The most obvious suspect to the murder is Bobby Blackburn, the victim's grandson who seems to have the best motive for the murder, although he has no recollection of the fateful night. Furthermore, Camp integrates a vibrant array of characters, detailed description, supernatural occurrences, and a generous supply of suspense, which in turn build up the novel's allure.