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  • THE CHARING CROSS MYSTERY
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    THE CHARING CROSS MYSTERY
    J. S. FLETCHER
    In "The Charing Cross Mystery," J. S. Fletcher plunges readers into a suspenseful case that begins with a sudden, unexplained death aboard a train—a seemingly ordinary moment that sets off an intricate investigation filled with shadowy connections, covert dealings, and dangerous secrets. The story follows a perceptive solicitor-turned-amateur sleuth who, unsettled by the myster...

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  • LUCIAN THE DREAMER
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    LUCIAN THE DREAMER
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "The railway station stood in the midst of an apparent solitude, and from its one long platform there was no sign of any human habitation. A stranger, looking around him in passing that way, might well have wondered why a station should be found there at all; nevertheless, the board which figured prominently above the white palings suggested the near presence of three ...

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  • THE CHESTERMARKE INSTINCT
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    THE CHESTERMARKE INSTINCT
    J. S. FLETCHER
    When the manager of a small bank in the English village of Scarnham failed to appear to open the bank on a Monday morning, it was assumed to be a matter of a missed train. But when the bank’s owners reported missing securities and Lady Ellersdeane’s jewels - worth a hundred thousand pounds - can’t be found, things take a more serious turn. Has the manager, formerly a pillar of ...

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  • THE ORANGE-YELLOW DIAMOND
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    THE ORANGE-YELLOW DIAMOND
    J. S. FLETCHER
    When an elderly pawnbroker is murdered in the London parish of Paddington, a young, down on his luck writer is accused of the crime. But then it's found the pawnbroker had had in his possession an extraordinary South African diamond worth over eighty-thousand pounds -- a diamond that's now missing. It falls to Melky Rubenstein to unravel the mystery and prove the young man's in...

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  • BADEN POWELL OF MAFEKING
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    BADEN POWELL OF MAFEKING
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "It may well and fittingly be complained that of late years we English folk have shown an unpardonable spirit of curiosity about things which do not concern us. We have brought into being more than one periodical publication full of gossip about the private life and affairs of folk of eminence, and there are too many of us who are never so much pleased as when we are i...

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  • THE PARADISE MYSTERY
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    THE PARADISE MYSTERY
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "American tourists, sure appreciators of all that is ancient and picturesque in England, invariably come to a halt, holding their breath in a sudden catch of wonder, as they pass through the half-ruinous gateway which admits to the Close of Wrychester. Nowhere else in England is there a fairer prospect of old-world peace. There before their eyes, set in the centre of a...

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  • KAMPF UM DAS ERBE
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    KAMPF UM DAS ERBE
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Als der wohlhabende Bauunternehmer Jacob Herapath tot in seinem Büro gefunden wird, mit einem Revolver an seiner Seite und einer Schusswunde im Kopf, wird der Zeitpunkt seines Todes auf Mitternacht festgelegt. Bemerkenswert nur, dass sein Fahrer ihn eine Stunde nach Mitternacht noch lebend gesehen haben will. Ein alter Familienskandal, ein zwielichtiger ehemaliger Sekretär und ...

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  • THE HERAPATH PROPERTY
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    THE HERAPATH PROPERTY
    J. S. FLETCHER
    When Jacob Herapath, the wealthy property developer, is found dead in his office, a revolver at his side and a bullet wound to the head, the time of death is placed a midnight. Remarkably, his driver left him off at his home an hour later where he consumed a scotch and several sandwiches. Something is obviously amiss. Add an allegedly forged will, the hint of an old family scan...

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  • THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
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    THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "Half-way along the one straggling street of Savilestowe a narrow lane suddenly opened out between the cottages and turned abruptly towards the uplands which rose on the northern edge of the village. Its first course lay between high grey walls, overhung with ivy and snapdragon. When it emerged from their cool shadowings the church came in view on one hand and the scho...

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  • DER VERSCHOLLENE
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    DER VERSCHOLLENE
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Der vor fünf Jahren nach Kanada ausgewanderte Richard Malvery kehrt zurück in seine Heimat Brychester, einem Kaff in England. Kaum angekommen, verschwindet er noch am gleichen Tag spurlos. Der Kanadier David Blake, ein Freund und Geschäftspartner, reist an, treibt die Nachforschungen voran und ist dem Geheimnis um "Malvery Hold" auf der Spur. Nicht nur das Wetter ist äußerst un...

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  • RAVENSDENE COURT
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    RAVENSDENE COURT
    J. S. FLETCHER
    The murder of two brothers at the same time. though six hundred miles apart, is only the first of many mysteries surrounding Ravensdene Court. How could the two brothers have been murdered when they were both on a ship that went down with all hands off the coast of China three years earlier? What was the significance of the etching on the tobacco box that disappeared from the i...

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  • SCARHAVEN KEEP
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    SCARHAVEN KEEP
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "Look here! Rothwell said. You'd better go and make inquiry at Northborough. See if you can track him. Something must be wrong -- perhaps seriously wrong. You don't quite understand, do you, Mr. Copplestone? he went on, giving the younger man a sharp glance. You see, we know Mr. Oliver so well -- we've both been with him a good many years. He's a model of system, regul...

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  • DER SCHATZMEISTER
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    DER SCHATZMEISTER
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "In der Mitte der Haupt­stra­ße von High­mar­ket stand eine wuch­ti­ge, mas­si­ve Tor­fahrt, die noch aus dem Mit­tel­al­ter stamm­te. Wenn man hin­durch­ging, kam man auf einen qua­dra­ti­schen Hof, zu des­sen Sei­ten sich alte Stein­häu­ser er­ho­ben. Wel­cher Be­stim­mung die­se Ge­bäu­de frü­her ge­dient hat­ten, war nicht mehr zu er­ken­nen, jetzt wur­de hier ein ...

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  • THE MIDDLE OF THINGS
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    THE MIDDLE OF THINGS
    J. S. FLETCHER
    A wealthy man named Ashton is found murdered in an alley, apparently robbed for his jewellery and pocketbook. The police believe they have the killer, a young man who the next morning tries to pawn one of the stolen rings. Viner, however, the man who discovered the body and who is friends with the accused, believes otherwise. It is a quick race to find the real guilty party in ...

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  • IN THE MAYOR'S PARLOUR
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    IN THE MAYOR'S PARLOUR
    J. S. FLETCHER
    This is a story of graft and corruption set in one of Fletchers favoured Northern towns. The mayor who is on a clean-up campaign is found dead in his parlour and our hero, his younger cousin, is determined to find out who killed him. A love interest and plenty of red herrings. (Goodreads) ...

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  • IN THE DAYS OF DRAKE
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    IN THE DAYS OF DRAKE
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Fun quick read of old-fashioned coming of age adventure with plenty of action, villains, high seas and Sir Francis Drake thrown in with Spanish Inquisition also in the mix. (Goodreads) ...

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  • THE RAYNER-SLADE AMALGAMATION
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    THE RAYNER-SLADE AMALGAMATION
    J. S. FLETCHER
    A Russian princess, a mysterious Norwegian doctor, nefarious German chemist, a disappearing Parisian maid, generous American millionaire, a smart secretary with a secret, a cache of fabulous jewels, secret poisons, multiple murders, Opera singers, lost diamond buckles - the lot. The author did not leave out a single piece of the 'thriller formula'. (Goodreads) ...

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  • DAS TEEHAUS IN MENTONE
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    DAS TEEHAUS IN MENTONE
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "Obwohl ich also stets zur Stelle war, kann ich mich nicht erinnern, daß man mich jemals außerhalb der Bürostunden gerufen hätte; erst Anfang Februar 1921 wurde ich eines Morgens um halb sieben von jemandem angeläutet, der sich als Mr. Watson Paley, Privatsekretär Lord Cheverdales, vorstellte. Er wollte wissen, ob er mich in einer höchst dringlichen Geschäftsangelegenh...

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  • MR. POSKITT'S NIGHTCAPS STORIES OF A YORKSHIRE FARMER
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    MR. POSKITT'S NIGHTCAPS STORIES OF A YORKSHIRE FARMER
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "Everyone who has had the pleasure of Mr. Poskitt's acquaintance knows that that estimable Yorkshireman is not only the cheeriest of hosts, but the best of companions. Those of us who have known the Poskitt High Tea (a much more enjoyable meal than a late dinner) know what follows the consumption of Mrs. Poskitt's tender chickens and her home-fed hams. The parlour fire...

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  • THE TALLEYRAND MAXIM
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    THE TALLEYRAND MAXIM
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "It's old Mr. Bartle, sir, he whispered. He's in your room there -- dead! Dead? exclaimed Eldrick. Dead! Pratt shook his head again. He came up not so long after you'd gone, sir, he said. Everybody had gone but me -- I was just going. Wanted to see you about something I don't know what. He was very tottery when he came in -- complained of the stairs and the fog. I took...

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  • DER AMARANTH CLUB
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    DER AMARANTH CLUB
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Der neu gegründete Amaranth Club wird schnell zu einem der beliebtesten und exklusivsten Treffpunkte Londons. Hier gibt sich die Ehrenwerte Gesellschaft ihr Stelldichein. Was aber passiert hinter der Fassade des Klubs? Dient er nur der Verschleierung verschiedener, düsterer Verbrechen, Glücksspiel, Mord und Spionage? (Amazon) ...

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  • MISTRESS SPITFIRE
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    MISTRESS SPITFIRE
    J. S. FLETCHER
    Excerpt: "At seven of the clock I turned away from the window, where, for a full hour, I had stood flattening my nose against the pane in a vain attempt to see something of interest in the dripping garden or the dank meadows outside. Sir Nicholas moved in his deep chair by the fire and then groaned, his old enemy catching him afresh and tweaking his great toe. Seeing that his p...

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  • THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER
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    THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER
    J. S. FLETCHER
    The body of a man is found on the steps to Middle Temple Lane near London's courts of law, and a journalist and a young lawyer are drawn into the ensuing investigation. (Google Books) ...

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  • THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER
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    THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER
    J. S. FLETCHER
    An intrepid young journalist investigates the murder of an unknown man in this spellbinding mystery from the Golden Age of detective fiction On his way home after a long night's work, newspaper editor Frank Spargo stumbles across a crime scene on Middle Temple Lane in the heart of London's legal district. An elderly man lies dead in an entryway, his nose bloodied. He wears an e...

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  • THE MIDDLE OF THINGS
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    THE MIDDLE OF THINGS
    J. S. FLETCHER
    A classic of detective fiction's golden age, featuring a mysterious murder, a wrongful accusation, and an intrepid man determined to find the truth Young Viner is a gentleman through and through. Born into means that blessed him with a life of leisure, one night his tranquil evening walk is nevertheless upset when he stumbles upon a corpse in Markendale Square. The police belie...

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