A Chain of Evidence
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I originally received an invitation earlier this year to grab this book for free via one of the lists to which I subscribe, and I was immediately engaged by the cover blurb. Little did I realize that the author was from a bygone era (born June 18, 1862 — died March 26, 1942), not that it disqualifie......more

Again, I found the gooey-eyed male narrator who simply can't believe such a darling girl could ever commit murder, maudlin. However, it's a good mystery. A young woman lives with her tyrannical uncle. One morning she finds him dead in his bed. At first it seems he died of natural causes, but when the......more

This is my third Fleming Stone book and I will probably not be reading another one for quite a while. Don't get me wrong, they're a fun read. But they are also very formulaic. True, mystery fiction does follow a pattern (body discovered, crime scene investigation, suspect interviews, etc) which is w......more

A murder takes place in a locked apartment with the victim's niece and a servant within the premises. The narrator of this story is a lawyer, Otis Landon, who is a new neighbor of the victim. Landon falls in love with the victim's niece, Janet Pembroke and sets about to investigate with a few random......more