Arthur Conan Doyle 
Rodney Stone 

First published in the year 1896, ‚Rodney Stone‘ is a gothic mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle. The eponymous narrator of the novel is a Sussex country boy who is taken to London by his uncle Sir Charles Tregellis, a highly respected gentleman and arbiter of fashion who is on familiar terms with the most important people of Great Britain. (Amazon)