The Lodger

Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947) was a prolific English novelist and a master of psychological suspense. Born to a French father and an English mother, Lowndes grew up with literary influences, as her mother was a writer and her brother, Hilaire Belloc, became a well-known historian and poet. Throughout her life, Lowndes penned more than 40 novels and numerous short stories and essays, gaining con...