Lucy M. (Mrs) Hooper Lucy M. (Mrs) Hooper i(A74703 works by)
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1 The Ground-Floor Bedroom Lucy M. (Mrs) Hooper , 1886 single work short story thriller
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 21 no. 252 1886; (p. 479-481) Murder story - treacherous hotel keepers. Paris on New Year's Day, 1875, is covered in treacherous ice and many revellers have difficulty in reaching their homes. Two bachelors seek refuge in a nearby hotel and one of them - richly dressed - is given the ground floor bedroom. He disappears while his friend sleeps but an investigation reveals a trap door beneath the double bed. Grisly murders are revealed. Competently written. (PB)
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