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Cobweb Castle
Killed by blows over the head with a champagne bottle, the body of the disreputable heir to a great fortune is unexpectedly found within ancestral walls. The entire countryside appears to be implicated. But suspicion falls more strongly upon a certain farmer, once deeply wronged by the murdered man. When the farmer himself is killed there seems to be no way out, until JS Fletcher’s crafty hand finally brings the tangle into logical unravelling.
A riveting mystery filled with hatred and revenge.
A riveting mystery filled with hatred and revenge.
187 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1928
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J.S. Fletcher
544 books56 followersJoseph Smith Fletcher was an English journalist, writer, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism.
His literary career spanned approximately 200 books on a wide variety of subjects including fiction, non-fiction, histories, historical fiction, and mysteries. He was known as one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age .
His literary career spanned approximately 200 books on a wide variety of subjects including fiction, non-fiction, histories, historical fiction, and mysteries. He was known as one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age .
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January 12, 2024
A pretty average outing with a solicitor, his clerk and a Scotland Yard detective looking into two deaths, theft and abduction following the death of an eccentric member of the aristocracy.
Cobweb Castle does not feature much with most of the investigation taking place in London. The plot is mildly convoluted but a bit bland.There is much theorising and the whole thing is over prolonged. The ending is not particularly surprising and the denouement comes in the form of a written piece of evidence from a character introduced late on.
There are numerous scannos in this edition which make for a bit of irritation.
3.25 stars.
Cobweb Castle does not feature much with most of the investigation taking place in London. The plot is mildly convoluted but a bit bland.There is much theorising and the whole thing is over prolonged. The ending is not particularly surprising and the denouement comes in the form of a written piece of evidence from a character introduced late on.
There are numerous scannos in this edition which make for a bit of irritation.
3.25 stars.
June 29, 2012
Lord Stretherdale is an eccentric man, and he is also wealthy. Rather than make a will for his fortune, he allows his inheritance to go to his nephew, a shifty fellow with a bad reputation. When Stretherdale's solicitors try to present the new Lord with his title, they find him murdered in his uncle's castle. Now it is up to the police and the curious solicitors to piece together a tangled puzzle to solve not one, but two murders.
The title of this book conjures thoughts of ghosts and family secrets in an old Gothic castle, but this is simply a straight-forward crime mystery as is typical of Fletcher. He followed Arthur Conan Doyle's rules of mystery writing. The protagonist should never be the guilty party. Give enough clues to the reader so he can guess the solution with the characters. Never rely on the supernatural for a big finish.
The title of this book conjures thoughts of ghosts and family secrets in an old Gothic castle, but this is simply a straight-forward crime mystery as is typical of Fletcher. He followed Arthur Conan Doyle's rules of mystery writing. The protagonist should never be the guilty party. Give enough clues to the reader so he can guess the solution with the characters. Never rely on the supernatural for a big finish.
January 5, 2017
I find his books to be a pretty enjoyable way of passing the time. He does tend to use the same plot devices more than once.
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