Frank Spargo, a young newspaperman, comes upon a murder scene in the early hours of the morning in Middle Temple Lane, London. The victim has no identification, only a piece of paper with the name of a young barrister, Ronald Breton. Spargo, together with Breton and DI Rathbury from Scotland Yard, sets out to solve the crime.
Frank Spargo, a young newspaperman, comes upon a murder scene in the early hours of the morning in Middle Temple Lane, London. The victim has no ident...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable p...
A stranger to a small cathedral city falls to his death from some stairs in the cathedral. Was it an accident or murder? Bryce, a young egotistical assistant doctor, who always gets what he wants, decides to investigate, in the hope that he will find evidence against his late employer Dr Ransford, and force the doctor's ward to marry him, in spite of her intense dislike of him.
A stranger to a small cathedral city falls to his death from some stairs in the cathedral. Was it an accident or murder? Bryce, a young egotistical as...
Mallalieu and Cotherstone are successful businessmen in a Yorkshire town. Mallalieu is the mayor and Cotherstone the borough treasurer. A retired detective, Kitely, shatters their peaceful lives when he visits their office and informs them that he knows of their criminal past. The following day Kitely is found murdered and the number of suspects begins to mount. When another body is found it appears that the mystery is solved, but perhaps not.
Mallalieu and Cotherstone are successful businessmen in a Yorkshire town. Mallalieu is the mayor and Cotherstone the borough treasurer. A retired dete...
When Jacob Herapath, an MP and well-known businessman, is found murdered in his office, the time of death is placed at midnight. However, his driver had left him at his home an hour earlier. With the addition of an allegedly forged will and two unpleasant characters both of whom have an eye on the inheritance, the mystery deepens. A group of Herapath's friends, together with a young newspaper reporter, set out to solve the mystery. J S Fletcher was one of the leading authors of detective fiction in the 'Golden Age'.
When Jacob Herapath, an MP and well-known businessman, is found murdered in his office, the time of death is placed at midnight. However, his driver h...
When John Horbury, the manager of a small bank in an English market town, disappears at the same time as some valuable jewels and securities from the bank, the bank's owners refuse to call in the police. When Mr Horbury's niece arrives she enlists the assistance of the chief clerk and insists on a top detective from Scotland Yard being assigned to the case. Together they investigate whether it is a simple case of embezzlement or something more sinister. When a body is found at the bottom of an abandoned lead mine, is this the solution to the mystery or will matters become more complicated?
When John Horbury, the manager of a small bank in an English market town, disappears at the same time as some valuable jewels and securities from the ...
When John Mallathorpe, a wealthy industrialist, is killed in an accident, he is thought not to have made a will and the estate passes to his widowed sister-in-law and her children. Two years later an elderly bookseller finds the will in a book purchased from the Mallathorpe estate, which leaves the family a comparatively small bequest. He takes the will to his solicitor's office where he dies suddenly. The chief clerk on duty sees an opportunity to benefit from the contents of the will and secretes it in his pocket. As a result of this action, there follow events of fraud, blackmail and...
When John Mallathorpe, a wealthy industrialist, is killed in an accident, he is thought not to have made a will and the estate passes to his widowed s...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable p...
Joseph Smith Fletcher was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age." There may be folk in the world to whom the finding of a dead man, lying grim and stark by the roadside, with the blood freshly run from it and making ugly patches of crimson on the grass. The dead man lying in the crushed grass-his arms thrown out helplessly on either side of him. Hugh Moneylaws remember all about that scene and that moment as freshly now as if the affair...
Joseph Smith Fletcher was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. H...
