The Unsuspected — Charlotte Armstrong

Luther Grandison, famous stage and motion picture director, is admired by thousands and loved by many. He is also a killer -- a bold, evil, merciless killer. His quiet charm coils about those near him with silent, deadly power.....Above all, Grandison is unsuspected -- unsuspected by everyone except a young man and a girl. This is the story of their struggle to prove his guilt before it is too late. It carries them deeper and deeper into terror, dominated by his brilliant, sinister mind. Page by page, line by line, their tale moves to a screaming climax.

THE SUSPECT

Luther Grandison was a name that meant many different things to many different people.

To movie -- and theater -- goers, it signified the Mr. Grandison, director of award-winning spine thrillers.

To Mathilda Frazier, it meant “Grandy,” the man who had sheltered her since childhood and personally saw to it that nobody would rob her of her fortune.

To Althea Conover, it meant rescue from the fate of all penniless waifs -- the orphanage.

But to Francis Howard, the name had the strongest meaning of all -- murder!