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The red right hand / Joel Townsley Rogers ; introduction by Joe R. Lansdale.

ISBN: 1613161654
ISBN: 9781613161654
Physical Description: iv, 230 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York, NY : Penzler Publishers, [2020]
Copyright: &copy;1945

Rogers, Joel Townsley, (author.). Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- (Added Author).

Summary:

After the death of Inis St. Erme, Dr. Henry Riddle retraces the man's final moments, searching for the moment of his fatal mis-step. Was it when he and his bride-to-be first set out to elope in Vermont? Or did his deadly error occur later--perhaps when they picked up the terrifying sharp-toothed hitch-hiker, or when the three stopped at "Dead Bridegroom's Pond" for a picnic? As he searches for answers, Riddle discovers a series of bizarre coincidences that leave him questioning his sanity and his innocence. After all, he too walked those wild, deserted roads the night of the murder, stranded and struggling to get home to New York City. The more he reflects, his own memories become increasingly uncertain, arresting him with nightmarish intensity and veering into the irrational territory of pure terror--that is until an utterly satisfying solution emerges from the depths, logical enough to send the reader back through the narrative to see the clues they missed.