Bob Melson wrote him about Rampole and Dr Fell recognises the young American as soon as he sees him coming in. In the train, Dr Fell is waiting him at the restaurant-car. He becomes fascinated by her and hopes to see her again soon in Chatterham, where she is also heading. On the railway platform, the young American has a chance encounter with Dorothy Starberth. At Professor Melson’s suggestion, he is on his way to visit Dr Gideon Fell at his house in Yew Cottage, Chatterham, Lincolnshire, some hundred and twenty-odd miles from London. My take: Tad Rampole, a young American just out of college, is touring Europe under close parental supervision. Gideon Fell, a splendid figure in his slouch cap and cape, supported by two canes, suspects murder instead, even though he and several others had the room under observation at the time of the death.”–P. But when Martin’s body is found battered, his neck broken, beneath the balcony, it seems that the curse has once again claimed a victim. To inherit the estate, each prospective heir must spend the night of his 25th birthday locked in that warden’s room, hopefully escaping the curse. A cholera epidemic wiped out the prison population decades earlier but a curse seems to have settled upon the Starberth family with several heirs meeting their death via a broken neck. From a balcony off the Governor’s Room, Starberth wardens watched countless men be hanged from the Hag’s Nook gallows, their lifeless bodies dropping to a deep well below. Part of the estate is an old prison where the Starberths had been wardens for generations. Plot Summary: “Martin Starberth stands to inherit his family’s estate provided he can fulfill a certain condition. Hag’s Nook, is the first of the 23 John Dickson Carr books featuring Dr Gideon Fell. First published in 1933 by Hamish Hamilton in the UK and by Harper in the US. Polygon (An Imprint of Birlinn Limited), 2019. Esta entrada es bilingüe, para ver la versión en castellano desplazarse hacia abajo
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