The Golden Beast
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AuthorE. Phillips Oppenheim
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherHodder and Stoughton (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Little, Brown (US)
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | E. Phillips Oppenheim |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton (UK) Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1926 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
The Golden Beast is a 1926 mystery thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Oppenheim was prolific, bestselling author whose popularity reached its height during the interwar years.[1] The novel was published in America by Little, Brown.[2]
After the accidental death of his son, Lord Honerton forcefully secures the execution of the gamekeeper who had struck him after objecting to his making love to his daughter. A curse seems to fall on the family, owners of a Norfolk country estate, and many years later the youngest son of the family disappears without trace - baffling the efforts of Scotland Yard to find him.
