Joseph Smith “J. S.” Fletcher (1863-1935) was one of the most popular English authors of the “Golden Age of Mysteries” and a prolific writer who published a total of 237 books, 120 of them mystery and detective novels. As a young journalist Fletcher reported on numerous police court and coroner’s inquest proceedings and became an authority on the old Yorkshire dialect and the many villages and towns of Northern England, publishing a history of Halifax and a six-voulme history of Yorkshire. Later, working in London, Fletcher immersed himself in the daily affairs of the various social classes and institutions of the city. This background gave Fletcher’s many novels a uniquely detailed and colorful depiction of the varied settings and local characters in his stories, which were characterized by intricate plots with unexpected but plausible twists and a sprinkling of red herrings.
This collection includes 12 complete novels, ranging from early in his career to the later stages:
Scarhaven Keep
The Borough Treasurer
The Herapath Property
The Middle Temple Murder
The Orange Yellow Diamond
The Paradise Mystery
The Safety Pin
Dead Men’s Money
In The Mayor’s Parlour
The Charing Cross Mystery
The Chestermarke Instinct
The Talleyrand Maxim
This collection includes eBook editions of all twelve titles in PDF format, with the complete and unabridged text as originally published, searchable text, and a “clickable” table of contents. These are “free-flow” or “plain vanilla” eBooks, which means the text will flow from screen to screen depending on the size and settings of your device without being broken up by page headers or page numbers.
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