Gaston Leroux, whose name is synonymous with gothic suspense and ingenious mystery plots, wrote The New Terror as part of his prolific output of crime and thriller fiction in the early twentieth century. Like his more famous works, the novel draws on his skills as a journalist and his taste for atmospheric dread and clever narrative surprises.
Less well known than his Phantom or Yellow Room novels, The New Terror is a worthwhile discovery for fans of early twentieth-century French crime fiction. Download this public-domain English translation as a free EPUB.