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    The Diamond Pin
    The Diamond Pin
    The Diamond Pin
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    The Diamond Pin

    By Carolyn Wells

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 1, 2008
    The Diamond Pin
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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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    • 3/5
      This is a fairly fluffy mystery novel, which I didn't expect to like much, yet I couldn't quite put it down until I'd finished it, despite it being two hours past my bedtime. Interestingly, although it's part of a series about the great detective What's His Name and his lovable sidekick, its two thirds of the way through the story before these two are even mentioned. Part of the mystery I figured out early on, and part didn't feel completely satisfying, but on the whole it was enjoyable. Bonus points in my mind for using one of my favourite ciphers.
    • 3/5
      Ursula Pell of Pellbrook likes practical jokes, puzzles, and tricks. Which she plays of her two relations, Iris Clyde and Winston Bannard, and her neighbours.After a Sunday dinner Ursula goes into her private room and locks the door. Later a servant hears a scream and a shout. Once the door is broken down they find that she has been murdered. So a locked room mystery plus where are the jewels mentioned in her will.
      An enjoyable mystery

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