Rim of the Pit
Rim of the Pit is a locked-room mystery novel written by Hake Talbot, a pen name of Henning Nelms. Nelms, as Talbot, published one other mystery novel as well as two short stories.
Plot
A group of people gather at a remote snowbound lodge in the wilds of northern New England. A seance is held in order to reach the dead husband of the medium. Remarried, the medium's new husband wants permission from the dead man to open a tract of land to logging. During the seance, it appears that the spirit of the dead man returns to possess one of the group, using him as an instrument to murder another of the group.The hero, Rogan Kincaid, is an adventurer who takes it upon himself, to solve the mystery before the police are brought in. As impossibilities pile up, it looks like the only explanation is a supernatural one.