The Prisoner in the Opal - Illustrated

The Prisoner in the Opal was serialised in The Pall Mall Magazine prior to being published in book form. It is the third full-length novel in Mason's Inspector Hanaud series, and the only one to feature the occult as a significant plot point. The scene is the south of France. An English lady has been murdered and a beautiful American girl has disappeared. Discovered is a body with a severed hand and an opal bracelet somehow connected to devil worship. Clearly a case for the Surete, Inspecto...