Philip Lindsay – The Shadow Of The Red Barn (Arrow, 1965: originally Hutchinson, 1952)
Blurb
A world of thieves, sleepers and cardsharpers; an unsparingly realistic picture of the low-life of a city which was, in that day, unquestionably the wickedest in the world.
A tale based on the notorious murder of Maria Marten in the Red Barn at Polstead: but the story is concerned less with the murder itself than with its effect on other people – for the most part unsavoury – who almost by chance find themselves involved ….
Creeping Terror 