A ghostly Golden Age mystery from the English playwright of The Farmerβs Wife, famously adapted into a silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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At a house party at Sir Walter Lennoxβs estate, the guests are spooked by stories of the manorβs legendary Grey Room, in which two unexplained deaths happened years before. Eager to debunk the roomβs sinister reputation, Lennoxβs son-in-law decides to spend the night in the abandoned bedchamber, only to be found dead the next morning, the victim of no discernable cause.
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But the Grey Roomβs hunger has yet to be appeasedβand the body count rises. A renowned London detective is determined to unlock the roomβs secrets, convinced that the deaths have a very human cause, though not necessarily a sane one. What happens next will throw the estate into hysteriaβand reveal the darkest magic from centuries pastΒ .Β .Β .
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