The Shutting of a Door

The Joss: a Reversion

by Richard MARSH (1857 - 1915)

Mary Blyth, a sales clerk who is robbed, nearly murdered and then fired from her job, thinks her luck has changed when she inherits an old house from a distant relation, Benjamin Batters. This house holds dark secrets. Murderous thugs, a mysterious threat from the Far East let her know this is not the case. The Joss, a Reversion is from Richard Marsh, author of “The Beetle”. - Summary by Alan Winterrowd

Listen next episodes of The Joss: a Reversion:
A Vision of the Night , An Ultimatum , Counsel's Opinion , How Matters Stand To-Day , In the Presence , Luke , Luke's Suggestion , My Client: and Her Friend , Susie , The Affair of the Freak , The Agitation of Miss Purvis , The Father - and His Child , The God Out of the Machine , The Joss Reverts , The Little Discussion Between the Several Parties , The Morning's News , The Noise Which Came From the Passage , The Offerings of the Faithful , The Reticence of Captain Lander , The Termination of the Voyage of the 'Flying Scud' , The Throne in the Centre , The Trio Return