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    The Gold Bag
    The Gold Bag
    The Gold Bag
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    The Gold Bag

    By Carolyn Wells

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    The Gold Bag
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    Carolyn Wells

    Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American poet, librarian, and mystery writer. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, Wells began her career as a children’s author with such works as At the Sign of the Sphinx (1896), The Jingle Book (1899), and The Story of Betty (1899). After reading a mystery novel by Anna Katharine Green, Wells began focusing her efforts on the genre and found success with her popular Detective Fleming Stone stories. The Clue (1909), her most critically acclaimed work, cemented her reputation as a leading mystery writer of the early twentieth century. In 1918, Wells married Hadwin Houghton, the heir of the Houghton-Mifflin publishing fortune, and remained throughout her life an avid collector of rare and important poetry volumes.

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    • 4/5
      Entertaining early 20th century murder mystery a la Agatha Christie by esteemed mystery novelist Carolyn Wells.
    • 3/5
      Detective Herbert Burroughs has been employed to investigate the murder of wealthy businessman Joseph Crawford. Killed in his study. Many confessions, lies and clues unearthed by Burroughs are later told to Fleming Stone when he is called in, then he discovers the culprit.
      An enjoyable read

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