Samuel Boyd of Catchpole Square: A Mystery

The narrative follows Samuel Boyd, an unscrupulous man whose schemes precipitate the disappearance of a clerk, setting off a tangled mystery. Family members and neighbors — including Dick Remington, Florence, Aunt Rob, and little Gracie — join constables, doctors, and a local paper in piecing together clues: missing letters, secret rooms, a vanished handkerchief, and a flash-light spectre. Inquest and courtroom scenes alternate with private investigations, discoveries, and arrests, as revelations of greed, deception, and loyalty emerge and unexpected testimony and a child's persistence help to unravel the truth.