Robert Barr 2 hr 3 min read

William Brenton dies suddenly, and finds himself a ghost, watching in helpless horror as his own wife is accused of his murder.

Robert Barr's 1893 novel is a witty, inventive supernatural mystery narrated from beyond the grave, as a murdered man tries to clear the innocent. Charming, clever Victorian fantasy. Read it for a delightful ghostly whodunit, in which the victim himself turns detective from the other side.

In its time

Published in 1893, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 3 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).