A mysterious lodger. An unsettling series of murders. Is the man renting their room a killer in disguise? In The Lodger, Marie Belloc Lowndes crafts a chilling tale inspired by the Jack the Ripper murders. When a quiet yet eccentric man rents a room from a struggling couple in Victorian London, his odd behavior coincides with a spree of brutal killings nearby. This tense psychological thriller delves into fear, suspicion, and moral dilemma, leaving readers questioning appearances and the price of survival in desperate times.