The House of the Arrow (novel)  The House of the Arrow is a 1924 detective novel by British writer A.E.W. Mason that has inspired several films of the same title. It features the fictional French detective Inspector Hanaud. When Boris Waberski, brother-in-law of the wealthy widow Mrs. Harlowe, attempts to talk her English solicitors into advancing him money on his expectations as her heir, he is ignored. Unknown to Waberski, he has been disinherited in favour of Betty Harlowe, the niece of Mrs. Harlowe's late husband. But when Mrs. Harlowe dies suddenly and Waberski accuses Betty of murder, junior partner Jim Frobisher is sent to the estate to find out what's really going on. The various film versions are as follows:  Directed by Henri Fescourt  Black-and-white. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott  Black-and-white. Also known as "Castle of Crimes" (US) . Directed by Harold French. Black-and-white. Directed by Michael Anderson.