The Poison Belt - Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle (ACD) is best known of course for his creation of Sherlock Holmes but he did write other short stories and novels, some of which are famous such as The Lost World and some are rather obscure like this novel. The novel though it s only 98 pages long so perhaps novella would be a more apt term is one which features the heroes from The Lost World i.e., Professor Challenger, Professor Summerlee, Lord Roxton and Edward Malone. However, in this novel all the action happens in Challengers house rather than a trip through the jungle to a mysterious unobtainable plateau. The book brings together the four heroes from the previous novel, Challenger is still the ...