The Sealed Room Murder E-BOOK

'Eric is dead……and I am certain his death was murder.'

Stories of Crime & Detection Volume Eleven contains a novel and a novella.

The Sealed Room Murder Eric Winter is murdered by his Uncle Godfrey, who has made it look like natural causes.  The victim's sister Patricia suspects foul play and writes a letter to her brother's friend Alan.  Godfrey learns of his niece's prying and tries to kill her, but Alan and reporter Larry Milner arrive in the nick of time.  Milner is then determined to prove that Eric Winters death is murder and get the scoop of a lifetime.  He turns amateur sleuth, but his efforts only lead to Godfrey increasing the stakes.  Larry's detective work may prove deadly for all involved. 

The Secret of Hunters Keep  This is a tongue-in-cheek adventure offering romance, murder and secret passages, following Scotland Yard detective Peter Wootton as he unravels a series of baffling events at Hunters Keep.

JAMES JACK RONALD (1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction, mystery stories and dramatic novels. Raised in Glasgow, Ronald moved to Chicago aged seventeen to 'earn his fortune', later returning to the UK to pursue a writing career. His early works were serializations and short stories syndicated in newspapers and magazines around the world. Ronald wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Michael Crombie, Kirk Wales, Peter Gale, Mark Ellison and Kenneth Streeter among others. Several books were adapted into films, including Murder in the Family (1938), The Witness Vanishes (1939), and The Suspect (1944).