The Lunatic At Large
J. Storer Clouston
eBook
(Smoking Gun Mystery Books, June 8, 2015)
• Two of British author J. Storer Clouston's bestsellers are in this Kindle eBook: The Lunatic At Large and The Spy in Black.The Lunatic at Large (First published 1899)A man escapes from an insane asylum for wealthy residents rather than attend the Saturday night dances for the well-heeled. But is Francis Beveridge a lunatic or the only sane man in town? This is a novel full of dry wit and social observations. The Spy in BlackAnother escape tale, this time involving a German U-boat commander spying in England. This 1917 novel, published at the end of World War I, was later turned into a successful film.About The AuthorBritish historian Joseph Storer Clouston (1870-1944) wrote several books including his bestseller "A Lunatic at Large". He attended Oxford and was called to the bar but was not a practicing barrister. His novels "The Spy in Black" and "His First Offence" were made into films.