Arthur Conan Doyle 
Rodney Stone (Annotated) 

Rodney Stone and his best friend, Jim Harrison the relative of a blacksmith and former boxer have always been drawn to dark and dangerous places. When they wander into Cliffe Royale, an old, deserted mansion that was the scene of a gruesome murder fifteen years earlier, they’re both frightened and strangely excited to cross paths with a ghostly figure.