The Shadow on the Blind (Wordsworth Mystery & Supernatural)

ThelateVictorianshadaninsatiableappetiteforthemacabreandsensational:storiesofmurderandsuspense,ghosts,thesupernaturalandtheinexplicablewerethestuffoflifetothem.Thetwowritersinthisvolumewellrepresentthelastdecadeofthenineteenthcentury,andareofinterestinthemselvesaswellasfortheircontributiontothechillingoftheVictorianspine.Mrs.AlfredBaldwinattemptedasachildtocontactherdeadsisterthroughaséance,andtooktowritingwhenstrickenbyamysteriousillnesssixweeksaftermarriage.ShewasalsothemotherofthePrimeMinister,StanleyBaldwin.LetticeGalbraithisherselfnolessmysteriousthanthestoriesshewrote.Sheappearedontheliteraryscenein1893,publishedanovelandtwocollectionsofstoriesinthatyear,afurtherstory(TheBlueRoom)in1897,andthennothingmore.Readersof'TheEmptyPictureFrame','TheCaseofSirNigelOtterburne','TheTrainer'sGhost'and'TheSeanceRoom'willrecognisetheVictorianspiritatitsfinest.