Enter Gerard Roylake

Returning from Germany after his father dies, Gerard Roylake comes to Trimley Deen for his inheritance. Whilst on an evening stroll, he meets a childhood friend, Cristel Toller, and then their strange resident called The Lodger...

The Characters and the Plot

Well of course Gerard likes Cristel, the Lodger is jealous, and soon a bizarre chain of events occurs...

Goodreads