The Shrieking Pool — G.T. Fleming-Roberts

Mystery Novels, February, 1936The Shrieking PoolBy G. T. Fleming-RobertsThe Jordan Institute has inherited a mansion close to the shore of 'Black Pool', thought locally to contain a sea-monster. Larry Corrin, a journalist, is invited there for a story - and on his arrival a rowing boat containing two of the Institute's members is tipped over and one of them is dragged under by a pair of huge talons. Does 'Black Pool' contain a relic from the dinosaur period or does the answer have a more human solution?