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Blind Corner (novel)

Blind Corner AuthorDornford YatesSeriesChandos booksGenreNovelPublisherHodder and Stoughton1927Media typePrintPages312Followed byPerishable Goods
Blind Corner is a 1927 novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer). The book was the first in his Chandos thriller series and is narrated in the first person by Richard Chandos. In addition to Chandos and his servant Bell, the novel features a cast of characters who recur in many of the later books: George Hanbury and Jonathan Mansel; their respective servants Rowley and Carson; and Tester the Sealyham terrier. Mansel's character also appears as Jonah Mansel in the author's 'Berry' series of comic books and short stories, though he is not written for comic effect in this nor the later 'Chandos' books.

Plot
Richard Chandos, the story's narrator, witnesses a murder and takes over the victim's Alsatian dog. On the dog's collar his friend Jonathan Mansel finds an inscription telling of treasure hidden within a well in the Austrian castle of Wagensburg. Chandos, Mansel, and their friend George Hanbury set out to recover it, accompanied by their servants, Bell, Rowley and Carson. They become trapped underground and attacked by enemies, led by 'Rose' Noble, but ultimately escape with the treasure.

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