Blind Man's Hood

Name: Blind Man's Hood
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Carter Dickson
ISBN: 9781407978338

Author: Carter Dickson

Series: British Library Crime Classic

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 12/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Inspired by the unsolved Peasenhall murder case of 1902, Blind Man’s Hood shows Carter Dickson’s penchant for true crime. When Rodney Hunter and his wife Muriel arrive late to a Christmas party in rural Kent, they are unsettled to find the isolated stately home open and empty of guests. While they await the party’s return, they are welcomed in by a mysterious hostess who regales them with the dark legend of Jane Waycross.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on December 22, 2021

Review of the audiobook, available from Audible US for $0.99. This one-hour audiobook is creepy and slightly Christmasy. You might think it has a supernatural aspect, but it does not. The tragic death of a young woman was entirely caused by human action, and this is an excellent example of Dickson's......more

Goodreads review by Tom on December 09, 2023

4.5⭐......more

Goodreads review by Jameson on May 16, 2021

Probably my favorite Christmas story. A fantastic, atmospheric blend of horror and mystery. No idea why it has its own entry on GR! Find it in Penzler’s Big Book of Locked Rooms, I believe, or in a couple of the JDC collections.......more