Cirrus@Austlit

'Against a background of sinister mires and tors on Dartmoor, the author has woven a curious and intriguing story. The rambling old house contains a huge iron door which according to legend has hot been opened for centuries. A Cistercian brother accused of trafficking with Satan, was supposedly walled up behind this door. With the coming of the Clinton family, flickering scarlet lights are seen under the door and the shadow of the monk in dark garb haunts the corridors after dark. Into this brooding atmosphere comes Jeffrey Blackburn with his wife of twelve months, Elizabeth. They have been invited to the abbey by the Clintons. One of the guests is found murdered, amid clues point to the killer as 'Mr. Lynch'. Blackburn starts out on a trail that brings danger and thrills in its wake. What secret lies behind the strange barred door? Why does a mysterious figure in plus fours haunt the moors each night? And who is Mr. Lynch. [sic]'

Source:

'Broadcast Features', Cloncurry Advocate, 6 October 1939, p.7.