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What does a stranger bring into a quiet community—and what does he need to keep hidden?
In The New Tenant, E. Phillips Oppenheim turns a new arrival into a reason to watch, wonder and suspect. Someone takes up residence, and the settled order begins to shift. Who is this man? What does he want? The people around him have questions, but his past is not something he can easily share.
Murder casts its shadow over this Victorian mystery, putting pressure on the relationships around it. Hidden identity and private motives give the suspense its force. Oppenheim keeps the story brisk and led by the plot, while the secrets beneath it raise a quieter question: what do people conceal through shame, fear or love?
What you’ll discover
- A stranger worth watching Follow the unease that grows when a newcomer unsettles a place where people notice everything.
- A past under cover Let questions of identity draw you toward the life a man keeps out of sight.
- Murder and its shadow See how a death puts pressure on the relationships surrounding the crime.
- Secrets with a cost Consider how shame, fear and love can each give someone a reason to hide.
- Suspicion that steadily builds Enjoy a brisk mystery whose hidden motives keep you questioning what lies beneath appearances.
Who will love it
This book suits readers who enjoy a murder with a deep shadow, a love story under pressure, and old English country houses, with London clubs and Italian gardens as settings along the way.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A stranger wins the cottage
- Murder on the shooting day
- The tenant appears at the body
- A search of the inner room
- Between suspicion and feeling
- Rachel's accusation and the detectives
- The great author and a dangerous past
- Love declared and a trail to Italy
- What the story is about
- How the story is told
Who’s who
- Helen ThurwellA bored, graceful squire's daughter who finds purpose after a murder and vows to bring the killer to justice.
- Bernard BrownThe shabby, scholarly tenant of Falcon's Nest, who lives alone with his books and keeps a secret he will not share.
- Mr. ThurwellHelen's father, a fair-minded country squire and magistrate who worries about his tenant and his daughter's safety.
- Sir Geoffrey KynastonA wealthy baronet with a wild past, home after fifteen years abroad and engaged to Helen.
- Rachel KynastonSir Geoffrey's fierce, devoted sister, who is certain she knows who her brother's enemy is.
- Sir Allan BeaumervilleA charming society physician and scholar who happens upon the scene and seems to know more than he says.
- Benjamin LevyThe sharp young partner of a London detective firm, who sees the case as a way to make his fortune.
- Mrs. MartivalA white-haired woman living in penance in an Italian villa, who fears for her son.
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Le nouveau locataire
by E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1896
A squire's daughter backs a mysterious new tenant, and soon a dagger is in a dead man's side.
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The New Tenant is a Victorian mystery by E. Phillips Oppenheim, an English writer who died in 1946 and who turned out a great many popular novels of intrigue.
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A stranger wins the cottage
The story opens at Thurwell Court, near the sea in Northshire, on a morning full of sunlight and birdsong. Mr. Thurwell, the squire, sits at breakfast with his daughter Helen and opens his letters. One of them brings news that Sir Geoffrey Kynaston, owner of the neighboring Kynaston Towers, is coming home after nearly fifteen years abroad. Helen has lately become bored with county society, and she hears the news with only a little interest.
The squire has a smaller worry as well. Falcon's Nest, an odd cottage on the cliff, is up for rent. A man named Chapman from the town of Mallory wants it, but the squire dislikes him and fears his anger at election time. The only other offer comes from a stranger who signs himself Bernard Brown and gives only a London solicitor and a bank as references.
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What is The New Tenant about?
It follows Helen Thurwell, a squire's daughter whose father lets a cottage to a mysterious stranger. When a baronet is murdered nearby, she suspects her tenant and sets detectives on him, while her feelings for him grow.
Who is Bernard Brown in The New Tenant?
Bernard Brown is the name used by the new tenant of Falcon's Nest. He lives alone with his books and keeps his past hidden. Later Helen learns he is really the famous author Bernard Maddison.
Who are the Levys in the novel?
Levy and Son are private detectives in London. The father is mild and money-minded, and the son, Benjamin, is clever and ambitious. They take Helen's case but pursue their own profit and add much of the book's humor.
The author
E. Phillips Oppenheim
1866–1946 · English thriller novelist
Edward Phillips Oppenheim was an English novelist, born in London in 1866. He lived in Leicester and later on Guernsey, where he died in 1946. He wrote novels and short stories, including The Yellow Crayon (1903), The Zeppelin’s Passenger (1918), and The Great Impersonation (1920).
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