The House in the Mist by Anna Katharine Green, Fiction, Thrillers, Mystery & Detective, Literary - Anna Katharine Green

A weary traveler, Hugh Austin arrives, seeking food and lodging for the night. "Enter, sir; you are the first to arrive, but the others can not be far behind," he is told. "What others?" he wonders, gazing at a stern portrait hanging on the wall. He finds he has chanced upon the gathering of friends and relatives of the man in the portrait.