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A newspaper man discovers the body of an elderly man in a Middle Temple passage and becomes drawn into the ensuing murder inquiry. Police work, chance witnesses, and a trail of small clues—a scrap of paper, a cap, a leather box, a silver ticket and links to a hotel, a safe-deposit office and rare-stamp circles—gradually expose hidden identities, past deceptions and contradictory testimonies. As suspects are questioned and arrests follow, surprising connections are revealed about the victim’s past, and a closing telegram brings the investigation to its decisive resolution.

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Title: The Middle Temple Murder

Author: J. S. Fletcher

Release date: December 1, 2003 [eBook #10373]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

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The Middle Temple Murder

by J.S. Fletcher

1919


Contents

CHAPTER I. THE SCRAP OF GREY PAPER
CHAPTER II. HIS FIRST BRIEF
CHAPTER III. THE CLUE OF THE CAP
CHAPTER IV. THE ANGLO-ORIENT HOTEL
CHAPTER V. SPARGO WISHES TO SPECIALIZE
CHAPTER VI. WITNESS TO A MEETING
CHAPTER VII. MR. AYLMORE
CHAPTER VIII. THE MAN FROM THE SAFE DEPOSIT
CHAPTER IX. THE DEALER IN RARE STAMPS
CHAPTER X. THE LEATHER BOX
CHAPTER XI. MR. AYLMORE IS QUESTIONED
CHAPTER XII. THE NEW WITNESS
CHAPTER XIII. UNDER SUSPICION
CHAPTER XIV. THE SILVER TICKET
CHAPTER XV. MARKET MILCASTER
CHAPTER XVI. THE “YELLOW DRAGON”
CHAPTER XVII. MR. QUARTERPAGE HARKS BACK
CHAPTER XVIII. AN OLD NEWSPAPER
CHAPTER XIX. THE CHAMBERLAYNE STORY
CHAPTER XX. MAITLAND alias MARBURY
CHAPTER XXI. ARRESTED
CHAPTER XXII. THE BLANK PAST
CHAPTER XXIII. MISS BAYLIS
CHAPTER XXIV. MOTHER GUTCH
CHAPTER XXV. REVELATIONS
CHAPTER XXVI. STILL SILENT
CHAPTER XXVII. MR. ELPHICK’S CHAMBERS
CHAPTER XXVIII. OF PROVED IDENTITY
CHAPTER XXIX. THE CLOSED DOORS
CHAPTER XXX. REVELATION
CHAPTER XXXI. THE PENITENT WINDOW-CLEANER
CHAPTER XXXII. THE CONTENTS OF THE COFFIN
CHAPTER XXXIII. FORESTALLED
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE WHIP HAND
CHAPTER XXXV. MYERST EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FINAL TELEGRAM