Whilst walking on Dartmoor, the young artist Charles Lavenham is surprised to encounter a man who bears the same name as his own. Things take a sinister turn, however, when this other Charles claims to be in fear of an attempt on his life by a mysterious watcher who is shadowing him. Intrigued, the artist agrees to act as a decoy and allow his name-twin to escape. So begins an exciting and dangerous adventure, which will eventually lead Lavenham to his family's ancestral home, the secret of his parentage - and a hidden treasure worth a king's ransom...
The Rev. Ottwell Binns was an English clergyman, who also harboured an enthusiasm for the less holy delights of pulp fiction and cinematic B-movies - an enthusiasm which bore fruit in a number of thrillers, written under the pseudonym of Ben Bolt. The wild expanse of Dartmoor is the romantic setting for this old-fashioned yarn, originally published in 1933.
The Rev. Ottwell Binns was an English clergyman, who also harboured an enthusiasm for the less holy delights of pulp fiction and cinematic B-movies - an enthusiasm which bore fruit in a number of thrillers, written under the pseudonym of Ben Bolt. The wild expanse of Dartmoor is the romantic setting for this old-fashioned yarn, originally published in 1933.
