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A Chain of Evidence
A Chain of Evidence
A Chain of Evidence
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A Chain of Evidence

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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 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 with a hatpin, but her obvious distress and gentle demeanor convince Landon she is innocent. Besides, he may be falling in love with her.
 
Obsessed with proving Miss Pembroke’s innocence, Landon follows a perplexing chain of evidence that includes a railroad schedule, a key to a safe deposit box, ticket stubs to a music hall performance, and a monogrammed handkerchief. But with time running out and no solution in sight, he must turn to Fleming Stone, the only detective smart enough to make sense of it all.

This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

 
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Release dateOct 27, 2015
ISBN9781480444614
A Chain of Evidence
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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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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    Robert Pembroke has been found dead in a locked apartment with only two other occupants - his niece and a servant. Neighbour and lawyer Otis Landon follows the clues to try and prove the niece, Janet Pembroke, innocent.
    As would seem to be normal in these stories most of the tale and clues are revealed before the detective Fleming Stone appears and solves the case. But still an enjoyable story.
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    Lawyer Otis Landon has just moved into a new apartment building with his sister when the other apartment on their floor is the scene of a tragedy: the abusive miser Robert Pembroke has been murdered, and his niece Janet becomes the prime suspect when Landon's testimony proves that she and her uncle were secure behind a chained door when the crime occurred. Chagrined at imperiling the woman he has suddenly fallen in love with, Landon turns detective, and uncovers a stack of clues in the dead man's room: two theater stubs, a rail schedule, a telegram, and a monogrammed handkerchief — all of which lead to dead ends. That is, of course, until the great Fleming Stone arrives on the scene, casts his eyes over the clues, and clears up the case immediately.

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