"The Yellow Face" by Fred M. White is a captivating mystery novel that follows Claire Helmsley and her fiancé, Jack Masefield, as they become entangled in a web of suspicion surrounding Claire's guardian, Spencer Anstruther. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a peculiar "Nostalgo" poster featuring a menacing yellow face that grips London with fear. As Claire and Jack navigate their secret engagement, Jack's distrust of Anstruther intensifies, fueled by the poster's haunting imagery and Anstruther's unsettling behavior. A dark plot slowly comes to light as the poster is uncovered to be linked to murder, throwing the characters into a vortex of uncertainty and danger as they try to solve the mystery and uncover the truth about the yellow face.
The Yellow Face
By Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
In London, a couple's secret engagement is overshadowed by a sinister poster and growing suspicions about a guardian, leading to the discovery of a chilling murder.
Summary
About the AuthorFred Merrick White (1859–1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six "Doom of London" science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble. He was also a pioneer of the spy story, and in 2003, his series The Romance of the Secret Service Fund was edited by Douglas G. Greene and published by Battered Silicon Dispatch Box.
Fred Merrick White (1859–1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six "Doom of London" science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (1903), in which London is beset by a massive killer smog; The Dust of Death (1903), in which diphtheria infects the city, spreading from refuse tips and sewers; and The Four White Days (1903), in which a sudden and deep winter paralyses the city under snow and ice. These six stories all first appeared in Pearson's Magazine, and were illustrated by Warwick Goble. He was also a pioneer of the spy story, and in 2003, his series The Romance of the Secret Service Fund was edited by Douglas G. Greene and published by Battered Silicon Dispatch Box.
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