THE LODGER (Murder Mystery)

Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947) was a prolific British author best known for her psychological thriller 'The Lodger' (1913), which offered a chilling fictional account of the Jack the Ripper mystery. Born Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Belloc in Marylebone, London, she was the sister of noted writer Hilaire Belloc and daughter of French advocate Louis Belloc. Lowndes began her career in journali...