Background
Masterman was born in Wimbledon, London on 19 December 1876, the son of Thomas William Masterman.
(THE YELLOW MISTLETOE is the third mystery by Walter S. Ma...)
THE YELLOW MISTLETOE is the third mystery by Walter S. Masterman to be published by Ramble House and there will be more. It's the rollicking tale of murder in the tubes of London, which looks to be an accident, until Chief-Inspector Arthur Sinclair proves that it wasn't. The trail of evidence leads to the English countryside where he meets a cast of characters right out of a H. Rider Haggard novel. Then it's off to the wilds of Bulgaria where a hidden city provides enough ritualistic danger for a dozen thrillers.
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(Trade paperback. A retired judge is found shot in his pri...)
Trade paperback. A retired judge is found shot in his private garden, and beside him is found the body of an ex-convict whom he had sent to jail—it looks like a pretty clear case of murder and suicide—motive: revenge. Sir Arthur Sinclair, our old favorite of Scotland Yard, soon discovers that the death of Sir Ernest Ferber is not nearly as simple as it looked. The clues are unusually baffling—the threads of the great knot strangely twisted and sinister. The setting of the story is Baddington Court, an ancient manor deep in the English country—a richly traditional estate which has at its very core the Secret Garden in which the bodies were found. (The Ramble House edition of ‘The Baddington Horror’ features a mapback showing the murder scene.) This reprint is part of the Ramble House mission to bring Walter S. Masterman’s distinctive novels back into print.
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(When Dennis Tracy visits his old friend Kenneth Darent he...)
When Dennis Tracy visits his old friend Kenneth Darent he isn't prepared for what he finds -- a drunk who is in love with Margorie Browne, a beautiful girl who just happens to be the fiancee of the richest man in town! So when Tracy discovers that Darent has no alibi for the time when the rich man is murdered, he and Margorie come up with an alibi for him, an alibi that puts them in danger of prison -- or worse! Perjury has never been so fun -- or deadly. THE PERJURED ALIBI is the fifth novel by Walter S. Masterman to be tackled by Ramble House, joining THE GREEN TOAD, THE YELLOW MISTLETOE, THE WRONG VERDICT and THE FLYING BEAST. We hope to bring back more of this "impossible crime" writer for modern readers to enjoy. You won't find these books in stores or libraries but they well deserve to be remembered and read.
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(The Curse of Cantire is one of Walter S. Masterman's most...)
The Curse of Cantire is one of Walter S. Masterman's most hard-to-find novels. It has a dash of surrealism and the other-worldly atmosphere that Masterman is known for. An introduction to this novel, #8 in the Dancing Tuatara lineup, is provided by series consultant, John Pelan.
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(Walter S. Masterman, known for his oddball horror/mystery...)
Walter S. Masterman, known for his oddball horror/mystery novels about demonic toads and toxic mistletoe, wrote 16 novels between 1926 and 1938. Ramble House is proud to bring back another of his best, THE FLYING BEAST from 1932. In THE FLYING BEAST you'll meet a teenage aviatrix, a forlorn beauty residing in a barbwire mansion riddled with troglodytes, and a likeable hero who braves the deserts of Iraq to discover the secret behind mysterious stones that could completely wipe out the economy of the known world. It's another classic thriller from the "Master Man."
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(It was not a good day for Inspector Jackson. He spotted a...)
It was not a good day for Inspector Jackson. He spotted an illegally parked car and when he told the driver to move on, the man's head fell off! Then he identified the car and the body as belonging to George Barran, wealthy landowner, and with fingerprint evidence proved that the body somehow murdered itself. But he was really surprised when George Barran, alive and angry, showed up at the police station later that afternoon complaining about being bothered by the police. And the Inspector hasn't even been to the Barran estate yet, where he will find a huge green toad. What the hell is going on? The Green Toad (1929) is the first of at three intriguing Masterman mysteries that Ramble House published this year.
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Masterman was born in Wimbledon, London on 19 December 1876, the son of Thomas William Masterman.
Initially educated at Tonbridge and Weymouth College, he entered Christ"s College, Cambridge in 1897, where he was a football blue. Served as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment in the Second Boer War, 1900-1902. Was made a Captain in 1901.
He was the joint headmaster of Horsmonden School, Kent, 1903-1905.
Also served in the Great War as a Major with the Welsh Regiment (1914-1919) and died in Brighton on 16 May 1946.
(When Dennis Tracy visits his old friend Kenneth Darent he...)
(THE YELLOW MISTLETOE is the third mystery by Walter S. Ma...)
(It was not a good day for Inspector Jackson. He spotted a...)
(The Curse of Cantire is one of Walter S. Masterman's most...)
(Trade paperback. A retired judge is found shot in his pri...)
(Walter S. Masterman, known for his oddball horror/mystery...)