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Faulkner's Folly' is a mystery-drama novel written by Carolyn Wells. The story unfolds in Faulkner's Folly, which was described as the realized dream of the architect who had been its original owner. It was a perfect example of the type known in England as Georgian and in our own country as Colonial, a style inspired by the Italian disciples of Palladio, and as developed by Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren, it had seemed to James Faulkner to possess...
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Murder Will In' is a detective novel written by Carolyn Wells. It features her most famous character, Detective Fleming Stone, who in this volume is facing his final case. A high society woman named Alma McCleoud was recently murdered during a party that she held-and it's possible that her husband might have been the culprit behind it.
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The Affair at Flower Acres' is a mystery novel written by Carolyn Wells. The story follows a man named Malcolm Finley, who on the behest of his acquaintance, Douglas Raynor, is staying at his countryside estate, Flower Acres. Finley is puzzled by the request but heeds it anyway-mainly due to the fact that Raynor's wife, Nancy, used to be Finley's lover. Unbeknownst to him, a tragedy is lying in wait that he will be a party to.
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The Bride of a Moment' is a romance-crime novel written by Carolyn Wells. A seemingly happy wedding was interrupted with an incident where the bride, after exchanging her vows with the groom, fell down and never woke up again. Following this tragic occurrence, Inspector Kinney was called and accustomed as he was to all manner of dreadful and horrible crimes, the murder of a bride at the altar was startling even to him.
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Anybody but Anne' is a detective novel written by Carolyn Wells. It follows Detective Fleming Stone as he sets to uncover the culprit behind a murder occuring in a party attended by the who's who of high society. At first glance, the wife of the deceased, Anne, seems to have the greatest reason to commit the murder-but further investigation finds that she may not be the only one with reason to do the crime.
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The death of Robert Gleason, a wealthy businessman from Seattle, at first looked like a suicide. He had called his doctor saying that he was shot, and when the doctor arrived at his New York apartment, the door was locked. After breaking down the door, his body was found lying on the floor, a revolver at his side. Yet certain facts argued against a verdict of suicide. Gleason had been shot twice, once shot to the temple, which killed him instantly,...
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Excerpt: "Quixotic is his enterprise and hopeless his adventure is, who seeks for jocularities that haven't yet been said, The world has joked incessantly for over fifty centuries, And every joke that's possible has long ago been made. I started as a humourist with lots of mental fizziness, But humour is a drug which it's the fashion to abuse, For my stock-in-trade, my fixtures and the good-will of the business No reasonable offer I am likely to refuse....
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Raspberry Jam is a classic locked-room whodunit featuring Detective Fleming Stone and is widely considered to be one of the best of the Fleming Stone Mysteries. Millionaire Sanford Embury is found dead in bed, alone, with the door of his second-story bedroom bolted shut from the inside. He was known to be a controlling husband, refusing to give his pretty young wife an allowance of cash or her own checking account. Was his wife a party to the murder,...
10) The Come Back
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After his son, Peter, is lost and presumed dead in the wilds of the Labrador coast, Benjamin Crane turns to spiritualism for solace and comfort. So profound is his belief in the medium, that he writes a successful book about his experiences. But when one of his son's companions on the ill-fated expedition is poisoned, at least some of those surrounding him begin to question the honesty of the medium, Madame Parlato. To find the murderer, the famous...
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As a young lawyer is about to leave his office on the top floor of a Madison Avenue office building, he hears an argument followed by a shot from the office across the hall. But when he goes to investigate he finds no sign of either victim or assailant despite the fact that no one could have passed him without being seen. However, as is soon discovered, a murder has indeed been committed, that of the banker who owned the building. But who is the murderer?...
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A Manhattan lawyer turns to master detective Fleming Stone to prove his beautiful neighbor innocent of murder in this classic locked-room mystery A respectable young attorney in New York City, Otis Landon has barely settled into his new living quarters when an incident occurs in a neighboring apartment that he cannot, in good conscience, ignore. Robert Pembroke, a vicious, miserly man, has been murdered behind locked doors. The only people who had...
13) Patty at Home
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"Patty at Home" by Carolyn Wells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that...
14) Patty in Paris
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Sparkling and light. Really pleasant to read. Patty has now finished her education. Her father thinks she should go to some type of finishing school, or perhaps even college, but when her friends invite her to spend a few months in Paris, her father decides that's just as good as higher education!! Then Patty proceeds to have the most splendid time imaginable on the transatlantic voyage, and after arriving in France. (goodreads)
15) Patty Fairfield
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Fourteen-year-old Patty Fairfield is sent for a year of visiting relatives to learn about moderation and making a home. Patty Fairfield leaves her home with her father to spend a year visiting four sets of aunts, uncles and cousins and to learn about proportion.
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He must be a fool indeed who cannot at times play the fool, and he who does not enjoy nonsense must be lacking in sense.-William J. Rolfe. Excerpt: "On a topographical map of Literature Nonsense would be represented by a small and sparsely settled country, neglected by the average tourist, but affording keen delight to the few enlightened travellers who sojourn within its borders. It is a field which has been neglected by anthologists and essayists,...
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At the close of that wonderful summer on her Grandmother's farm, 12-year-old Marjorie came home to Rockwell and the happy quartette of the Maynard family, reunited once more, had many a new game together. And then came school days. Before we know it along comes Halloween with a beautiful party, and then we learn of the strange activities of the Village Imp. Society with its anonymous messages to the village property owners. Thanksgiving Time brings...
18) The Gold Bag
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A detective investigating the murder of a millionaire teams up with master sleuth Fleming Stone in this clever mystery from a pioneer of American crime fiction Eager to prove himself as talented a crime-solver as his hero, the famous investigator Fleming Stone, young detective Herbert Burroughs takes on a puzzling case: the murder of wealthy businessman Joseph Crawford, who was killed in the study of his New Jersey home. With no shortage of suspects,...
19) The Mark of Cain
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Enid Withers is found dead and amateur detective Lawrence Bristow takes up on a challenge to solve the mystery of her murder. But after hitting few dead ends, Bristow is joined by a professional investigator Samuel Braceway. Both have their unique ways and different theories, and believe the other one is on the wrong trail. The winning clue will lead them to solution. James Hay, Jr. (1881–1936) was American novelist and journalist, born in Harrisonburg,...
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A respectable young attorney in New York City, Otis Landon has barely settled into his new living quarters when an incident occurs in a neighboring apartment that he cannot, in good conscience, ignore. Robert Pembroke, a vicious, miserly man, has been murdered behind locked doors. The only people who had access to the victim were his servant and his niece. The latter, Miss Janet Pembroke, seems the suspect most likely to have eliminated her uncle...
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