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1Middle Temple Murder

By J. S. Fletcher

The dead body of a man is found on the steps to some chambers of Middle Temple Lane, near London's law courts. A journalist and a young lawyer start investigating. - This classic English murder mystery was written in 1920 by J.S. Fletcher, himself a lawyer turned journalist and author. (Summary by Gesine)

2Paradise Mystery

By J. S. Fletcher

A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery. (Summary by Gesine)

3Dead Men's Money

By J. S. Fletcher

This classic mystery produces its first dead body during a clandestine midnight meeting. Already nothing is what it seems... (Summary by Gesine)

4Middle of Things

By J. S. Fletcher

A habitual late night stroll down Markendale Square plunges Viner into the middle of things most mysterious and most perplexing. A murder, an imposter, secret papers, all combine to mystify even the police themselves. Is Hyde as innocent of the crime as he claims? What is the clue of the veiled woman and the diamond ring? Things are not what they seem to be and how can Viner prove the man's innocence? (Summary by Kehinde)

5Chestermarke Instinct

By J. S. Fletcher

Bank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank’s vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have unaccountably refused to call in the police to investigate the theft from their bank. When Betty Fosdyke shows up to visit her Uncle John, she finds it past belief that he would simply disappear – let alone that he would commit larceny. Unable to simply sit by and wait while a detective from Scotland Yard investigates, Betty elicits the help of the chief clerk at Chestermarke’s bank and launches into the middle of the mystery.(Summary by MaryAnn)

6Maid's Tragedy

By Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy. When gentleman soldier Melantius returns to Rhodes, he finds his dear friend Amintor is recently married - but not to his troth-plight love Aspatia (the maid of the title). Instead, the King has arranged a match between Amintor and Melantius' sister, the beautiful Evadne. On his wedding night, Amintor finds that his new wife has married him under false pretenses - and this unleashes a torrent of dire consequences, sexual, emotional, and ultimately political. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)<br/><br/><strong>Cast</strong>:<br>Cleon: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2624">David Nicol</a><br>Strato: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br>Lysippus: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492">mb</a><br>Diphilus/Messenger/First Gentleman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6035">Marty Kris</a><br>Melantius: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5141">David Goldfarb</a><br>Aspatia: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br>Amintor: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6037">Peter Bishop</a><br>Calianax: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/152">Andy Minter</a><br>King: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3699">Bruce Pirie</a><br>Evadne/Diagoras/Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br>Night/Antiphila: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br>Cynthia/Olympias: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6577">Skylark</a><br>Neptune: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6446">Bob Gonzalez</a><br>Eolus/Servant: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3664">Barry Eads</a><br>Dula: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br>Lady: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3816">Bev J. Stevens</a><br><br><strong>Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett</strong>

7Japanese Prints

By John Gould Fletcher

<i><b>Japan</b><br> An old courtyard<br> Hidden away<br>In the afternoon.<br>Grey walks,<br>Mossy stones,<br>Copper carp swimming lazily,<br>And beyond,<br>A faint toneless hissing echo of rain <br>That tears at my heart.</i><br><br> John Gould Fletcher offers a brief history of Japanese poetry, as well as a short, yet vivid, compilation of his own Japanese-inspired poems. (summary by John N. Daily)

8Orange-Yellow Diamond

By J. S. Fletcher

A novelist finds himself struggling to make ends meet. In his effort to raise a bit of money to get him by, he finds himself in the middle of a mystery. Murder, theft, and love, all the ingredients for a wonderful reading. Please note: There is some stereotyping of ethnic groups however it is presented without malice but rather a sign of the times. (Summary by Linette Geisel) <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Narrator (chapter 1-5): <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5796">Linette Geisel</a><br>Narrator (chapter 6 onwards): <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3645">MaryAnn</a><br>Andrew Lauriston: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6333">Max Körlinge</a><br>Mrs. Flitwick (landlady); Grayson, Mr. Levendales butler and Scotland Yard Official: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3157">TriciaG</a><br>Mr. Melchior (Melky) Rubinstein; Martin James Gardiner, turf commission agent and Man from tea room: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>Zillah Wildrose: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin Gjerløw</a><br>Mrs. Goldmark and Chinese man 2: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7218">MJ Franck</a><br>Detective Ayscough: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5637">Anthony</a><br>Doctor and Coroner: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1724">Anna Simon</a><br>Inspector, Superior Official and Chief Official: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7848">bala</a><br>John Purdie: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7079">Chuck Williamson</a><br>Coffee shop girl: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br>Mr. Spencer Levendale: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2825">Ernst Pattynama</a><br>Second police officer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3615">Lucy Perry</a><br>Third police officer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6544">Amanda Friday</a><br>Benjamin Hollinshaw (Shop owner): <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6065">David Olson</a><br>Mr. Parminter, lawyer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7188">Marty</a><br>Mr. Goodyer, landlord to Parslett: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7171">April Gonzales</a><br>Miss Elsie Bennett, Governess: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4145">Patti Cunningham</a><br>Mr. Penniket, sollicitor and Chang Li: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6035">Marty Kris</a><br>Stuyvesant Guyler, a New York man: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/8086">Mark Chulsky</a><br>Dr. Mirandolet; Stephen Purvis and Elder Pilmansey: <a href="7150">asterix</a><br>Dr. John Sperling-Lawson: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7270">Seepferdchen</a><br>Mr. Killick, retired solicitor: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4535">Brett W. Downey</a><br>Mr. John Purvis, brother of Stephen Purvis: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4267">Ric F</a><br>Dr. Pittery - Young surgeon: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7434">Emily Feuka</a><br>Mr. Mori Yada: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7138">CaprishaPage</a><br>George, mortuary night watchman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7315">Charlotte Duckett</a><br>Waiter: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7122">Nathanial W.C. Higgins</a><br>Cab driver: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3816">Bev J Stevens</a><br>Hotel servant: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7111">MichaelH-S</a><br>Younger Pilmansey: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4744">Amy Gramour</a><br>Chinese Man 1: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4064">Margaret Espaillat</a><br><br> Edited by: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5796">Linette Geisel</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/8072">Kimberly Krause</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin Gjerløw</a> and <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><BR> Coordinated by: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5796">Linette Geisel</a> and <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/8072">Kimberly Krause</a>

John Fletcher's comedy (probably written and performed around 1611) is a sequel to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, in which, as the title suggests, the tamer will be tamed. Petruchio, the shrew-tamer, has been widowed, and marries a second wife, Maria, a "chaste witty lady." At the instigation of her cousin Bianca, and with the fellowship of her sister Livia, Maria decides to go on strike for equal rights, refusing to behave as a proper 17th century wife. Fletcher's play addresses the issue of men and women's roles within marriage, a controversial issue for his day. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)<br/><br/> <strong>Cast</strong><br>Narrator/Bianca: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br>Moroso: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4738">Leonard Wilson</a><br>Tranio: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492">mb</a><br>Sophocles: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6553">DublinGothic</a><br>Jaques: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7500">Cliff Thompson</a><br>Rowland: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7679">Libby Gohn</a><br>Livia: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7315">Charlotte Duckett</a><br>Maria: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br>Petruchio: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6248">Kevin Green</a><br>Petronius: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br>Pedro: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3618">Timothy Ferguson</a><br>First Maid/Country Wife/Doctor: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7138">Caprisha Page</a><br>Second Maid/City Wife/Second Watch: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6544">Amanda Friday</a><br>Third Maid/First Watch/Servant: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6947">Grace Garrett</a><br><br><strong>Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett</strong>

10Scarhaven Keep

By J. S. Fletcher

The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and plot twists 'se mijotent' to produce an intriguing read. (Summary by Cate Barratt)

11Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

By J. S. Fletcher

Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to be traveling so far and in such a hurry, but Allerdyke's mind is elsewhere. When he finally arrives in Hull, he finds his cousin dead in his hotel room and a valuable consignment of jewels missing. Allerdyke's only clue rests with that woman hurrying off to Scotland.(Summary by MaryAnn)

12Two Noble Kinsmen

By John Fletcher and William Shakespeare

The Two Noble Kinsmen is a Jacobean tragicomedy co-written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, first published in 1634. Set in ancient Greece during a war between Athens and Thebes, the narrative follows the title characters, Palamon and Arcite, noble youths whose friendship is destroyed by their mutual love for the beautiful Emilia. The subplot deals with the love and eventual madness of the Gaoler's Daughter, who falls hopelessly in love with Palamon. The play is based on "The Knight's Tale" by Chaucer, but also has echoes of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, as two of the major characters are Theseus and Hippolyta, who also appear in the earlier play. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)<br><br><strong>Cast</strong><br>Narrator/Gaoler's Daughter: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br>First Queen/Nell: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3536">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br>Second Queen/Waiting-woman: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br>Third Queen/Taborer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7315">Charlotte Duckett</a><br>Theseus: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3699">Bruce Pirie</a><br>Hippolyta: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7679">Libby Gohn</a><br>Emilia: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6544">Amanda Friday</a><br>Pirithous: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6754">Todd</a><br>Palamon: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2624">David Nicol</a><br>Arcite: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492">mb</a><br>Valerius/Bavian/First Friend: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4145">Patti Cunningham</a><br>Herald/Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/8169">tovarisch</a><br>Gaoler: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br>Wooer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7131">Eden Rea-Hedrick</a><br>First Countryman/Gentleman/Doctor: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7848">bala</a><br>Third Countryman/Gaoler's Brother/Servant/Third Knight: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4535">Brett W. Downey</a><br>Fourth Countryman/First Knight: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1724">Anna Simon</a><br>Gerrold/Second Knight: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br><br><strong>Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett</strong>

13Talleyrand Maxim

By J. S. Fletcher

John Mallathorpe, a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist and land owner dies in an accident, apparently without making a will. His estate goes to his wife and two children and they live the good life for a number of years. However, an old bookseller, whilst clearing some old books passed on from the Mallathorpe estate, finds a copy of Mallathorpe's will inside one of the books, and unfortunately for the family the will bequeaths the whole estate minus a small endowment for the family, to the city authorities. The bookseller takes the will to the local solicitor to seek advice, but unfortunately dies in the solicitor's office. The clerk on duty sees an opportunity to benefit himself from the knowledge of the existence of the will. This is a gripping detective story, with many twists and turns, based in Edwardian England. - Summary by Kevin Green

Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and Treasurer of the borough. But when an ex-detective moves to town, 30 years of respectability is suddenly threatened by revelations from the past. (Summary by MaryAnn)

Albert, a handsome French pirate, and his crew get shipwrecked on a barren, rocky island after a severe storm. They encounter another pair of castaways who reveal a quite unusual secret- yet another strange group of people inhabit the island. Albert soon learns that these people are actually an Amazonian-like tribe of women, and proposes an alliance for the benefit of both parties. Love and hijinks ensue in a battle of the sexes.<br /><br />Notable for imitating many elements of William Shakespeare's <i>The Tempest</i>, the collaborators also consulted nonfictional traveler's accounts to bring their vision to life. Frequently re-envisioned by other playwrights and performed with considerable popularity, it is now considered a fascinating play in that it highlights the Jacobean excitement over colonialism and their attitudes towards it. (Summary by Wikipedia and Mary Kay) <br /><br /><b>Dramatis Personae </b><br />Albert: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>Tibalt du Pont: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin Gjerløw</a><br>Master of the Ship: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9647">Joseph Tabler</a><br>Lamure: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Board</a><br>Franville: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10396">John Burlinson</a><br>Morillat: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10459">Dillon McFarlane</a><br>Boatswain: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">alanmapstone</a><br>Sebastian: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9929">Zames Curran</a><br>Nicusa: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905">Hamlet</a><br>Raymond: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10396">John Burlinson</a><br>Surgeon: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br>First Sailor: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3157">TriciaG</a><br>Second Sailor: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br>Aminta: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8677">KHand</a><br>Rosella: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br>Clarinda: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8923">Sarah Terry</a><br>Hippolita: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br>Crocale: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9921">April Walters</a><br>Juletta: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9001">Mary Kay</a><br>Narrated by <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">alanmapstone</a>

While hunting, the boy Anchises stumbles upon Venus's forest retreat and is so kindly entertained by the goddess that he becomes the proud father of Aeneas, the hero of Vergil's <i>Aeneid</i>. The poem is an epyllion like Marlowe's "Hero and Leander" and Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis," a short erotic poem with a mythological subject. The style is Spenserian, the stanzas rhyming ababbccc.<br /><br /> When Brittain's Ida was published in 1628, the publisher ascribed it to Edmund Spenser. However, in 1926 Ethel Seaton discovered and published Fletcher's original manuscript, whose opening stanzas make clear that this is the work of Fletcher, who entitled it "Venus and Anchises." - Summary by T. A. Copeland

17Herapath Property

By J. S. Fletcher

Jacob Herapath, a wealthy property developer and member of Parliament, is found dead in his office, a revolver at his side and a bullet wound to the head. An allegedly forged Will deepens the mystery. An intriguing puzzle with plenty of twists and turns. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play in five acts, first performed in 1607. It is the first whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. The play is a satire on chivalric romances in general, similar to Don Quixote. It breaks the fourth wall from its outset. As a play called "The London Merchant" is about to be performed, a Citizen and his Wife "in the audience" interrupt and demand that the players put on a play of their own choosing and suggest that their apprentice, Rafe, should have a part in the play as a knight errant. He refers to himself as the "Grocer Errant" and has a burning pestle on his shield as a heraldic device. This meta-fictional plot is intercut with the main plot of the interrupted play, where Jasper Merrythought, the merchant's apprentice, is in love with his master's daughter, Luce, and must elope with her to save her from the arranged marriage with Humphrey, a "swell" or City man of fashion. Meanwhile Jasper's mother has decided to leave her husband Old Merrythought, who, in an apparent mid-life crisis, has spent all his savings in drinking and partying. Summary by Wikipedia and Rob Board<br><br><b>Cast</b><br /> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Kristin Gjerløw</a><br /> Citizen: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10537">Phil Birss</a><br /> Wife: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10538">Jo Vickers</a><br /> Rafe / Michael: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Board</a><br /> Boy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10458">ScarlettG</a><br /> Venturewell: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10396">John Burlinson</a><br /> Luce: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7315">Charlotte Duckett</a><br /> Humphrey: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905">Hamlet</a><br /> Merrythought: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br /> Mistress Merrythought: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br /> Jasper: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8808">davidpr</a><br /> Tim: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10459">Dillon McFarlane</a><br /> George: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7026">Michele Eaton</a><br /> Speaker of Prologue / William Hammerton: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">alanmapstone</a><br /> Tapster / 2nd Soldier: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10614">Leanne Yau</a><br /> Host: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/1724">Anna Simon</a><br /> Man / 2nd Man / 3rd Man: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11067">TomDavisBeal</a><br /> Barber / Sergeant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9647">Joseph Tabler</a><br /> Woman / 1st Soldier: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3645">MaryAnn</a><br /> Pompiona: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9872">Newgatenovelist</a><br /> Servant: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10627">Georgina Shaw</a><br /> George Greengoose: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br /> <b>Edited by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Board</a></b>

19Ravensdene Court

By J. S. Fletcher

Leonard Middlebrook, a young attorney with, among other things, a bibliographical interest, accepts an invitation to lonely Ravensdene Court on the Northumbrian coast. There, Francis Raven, the owner, recently retired to the family property after an Indian career, finds himself in possession of an enormous number of old books and other items, and needs help in evaluating them. The attorney, though a man of quiet life -- even dull, as he puts it -- finds himself suddenly at the center of a darkening mystery that stretches from the British Isles to the Far East, and eventually threatens not only him but also the young and spirited Miss Raven, Francis’s niece. ( Nicholas Clifford)

20Goblins and Pagodas

By John Gould Fletcher

John Gould Fletcher (1886 – 1950) is considered by many literary scholars to be among the most innovative twentieth-century poets. He enjoyed an international reputation for much of his long career and earned the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1939. Fletcher lived in England from 1909 to 1932 and while in Europe he associated closely with Amy Lowell, Ezra Pound, and other Imagist poets. In addition to being an adherent of Imagism, which used free verse and was dedicated to replacing traditional poetics with new rhythms, concise use of language, and a concrete rather than symbolic treatment of subject, Fletcher also wrote poetry that drew from such varied sources as French Symbolism, Oriental art and philosophy, and music. The 1st part of this book, "Ghosts of an Old House," evoke, out of the furniture and surroundings of a certain old house, emotions and childish terror which the poet had concerning them. In the "Symphonies," which form the second part of this volume, the poet narrates certain important phases of the emotional and intellectual development—in short, the life—of an artist. - Summary by Nemo

21Irradiations; Sand and Spray

By John Gould Fletcher

Irradiations; Sand and Spray, is the first book of poetry by John Gould Fletcher, published in 1915. Mr Fletcher was part of a group of poets known as imagist poets, which included Amy Lowell and Ezra Pound. Ezra Pound commended Fletcher for the individuality of rhythm in this, his first volume of poems. Fletcher describes his views on the rhythm of poetry as thus: “I maintain that poetry is capable of as many gradations in cadence as music is in time.” - Summary by Nemo

22In the Mayor's Parlour

By J. S. Fletcher

“Rotten borough” is a term that goes back to the 18th century, and it used to mean a parliamentary constituency in which a few property owners, or sometimes a single one, could choose the local member of parliament. The three Reform Acts of 1832, 1857 and 1884 brought that system to an end and by the time this book begins, a rotten borough has taken on its more modern meaning of a constituency whos rules allow a handful of people to profit secretly from the borough’s finances. In one such borough a new mayor, victor by a margin of single vote, has been working on a reform program and is found mysteriously murdered in his office -- the Mayor’s Parlour. As it happens, his young nephew is visiting from London, and is determined to find the killer. It’s no easy task, and the final discovery leaves him, as well as many others, surprised.( Nicholas Clifford)

23Middle Temple Murder (version 2)

By J. S. Fletcher

A classic English murder mystery story, set in the legal center of London draws the reluctant attention of a journalist as he makes his way home after a long night on the job. But his newshound instincts kick in. Who is the elderly man? What was he doing at the law chambers in the middle of the night? Why had someone seen fit to strike him on the back of the head? As this convoluted tale weaves its way from London to Cornwall to Yorkshire and back to London, it will keep you guessing until the end.

24Markenmore Mystery

By J. S. Fletcher

After seven years of silence, Guy Markenmore returns to his family home at Markenmore Court. Knowing his father Sir Anthony to be close to death, he is anxious to reassure his younger siblings that he will not make any claim to the family money even if he can't help inheriting the old man's title. Sir Anthony dies later that evening, but the question of the inheritance becomes academic when Guy is murdered whilst crossing the downs. It is now up to detective Blick to track down the person responsible for Sir Anthony’s death. - summary by Sharon Kilmer

25Charing Cross Mystery

By J. S. Fletcher

Here's another intriguing mystery by J. S. Fletcher, centering on why a former high-level police official was murdered, and on whether - and if so how - the murder was linked to two glamorous and high-profile sisters, one of whose photo was found in the dead man's pocket. As usual, Fletcher creates a number of different detectives -- a lawyer, his assistant, several policemen, a police spy, and even the dead man's granddaughter -- following various lines of inquiry. These lines converge rapidly in the last few chapters, when the author lets the reader weave them together into a coherent whole: the solution to the mystery. Summary by Kirsten Wever

26History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry

By Samuel H. Fletcher and D. H. Fletcher

The purpose of this sketch is to keep green the memory of that little band of men known as Company A, of the Second Illinois Cavalry, who fought in the Civil War. (From the Preface)

In this paper, read before the Literary and Historical Society, Quebec, Fletcher demonstrates methodically what he perceives as evidence for the existence of the island of Atlantis. He begins by documenting the historical instances Atlantis is referred to in ancient texts, even if only as a myth (Part 1), continues on to analyze linguistic elements that might indicate an Atlantean origin (Part 2), and also presents a connection between the American and the European fossil flora and amber fauna, suggesting that Atlantis is the missing link (Part 3). At the end, he makes mention of the deep-sea soundings of the Atlantic ocean and other geological findings (Part 4). The Lost Island, a poem by Fletcher, is included as Part 5 of this audiobook. - Summary by Rapunzelina

A quest to track down his missing uncle (Mr. Linthwaite) leads investigative journalist Richard Brixey to the mysterious medieval town of Silchester, England. What actually happened in the ruins of the Priory, and why are all the potential witnesses so uncooperative? Who is the mysterious Mrs. Byfield and what is her long-buried connection to Mr. Linthwaite? What is the secret plot that Mr. Linthwaite stumbled into, and so had to be removed? Is he dead or alive? <br><br> And, will the energetic Brixey fall for the lovely Miss Georgina or not? <br><br> A fascinating British mystery by a master of the genre. (Summary by Steven Seitel)

"Exterior to the Evidence" is a mystery novel by J. S. Fletcher originally published in The Black Mask, a magazine of mystery and detective stories, in April 1922. A death on the moors, a missing will and a number of possible suspects will keep the listener guessing right through the final chapters. (Summary by J. M. Smallheer)

In the heart of London's prestigious Harley Street stands a foreboding mansion, shrouded in mystery and whispered tales of dark secrets. "The Black-House" is a place where shadows linger, and the echoes of its past reverberate through its halls. <br><br> NOTE: There are issues of race in the telling of <i>The Black House in Harley Street</i>, particularly anti-Black stereotypes and derogatory language. It is LibriVox's policy to record texts as written.