Lost Unfinished Graham Greene Mystery Discovered

The Los Angeles Times has reported that an unpublished, unfinished mystery novel by Graham Greene has been discovered. Found at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin by Francois Gallix, the manuscript is believed to have been written by Greene when he was 22. Set in a country house, the story opens as the guests meet in the morning and notice that one guest is absent. They go to wake him, only to find him murdered,a knife in his chest. The Strand Magazine will publish the existing five chapter as a serial, starting with its July issue. "To me what is wonderful about all of this is that Greene published a few short stories in the old Strand," said Andrew Gulli, The Strand Magazine’s managing editor, "so I feel we’re continuing the tradition." Gulli added that his magazine would like to find a writer to finish the manuscript.