That Affair at Portstead Manor

Gladys Edson Locke (1887 - )

An English country home during a house party becomes the scene of a double mystery. One of the three detectives employed on the case is a woman whose common sense, calm, and plain logic are skillfully employed in straightening the tangle. - NY Times Book Review, Aug 16, 1914.

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 All on Account of a Necklace J. M. Smallheer
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Play 02 Mr. Clavering Takes the Field J. M. Smallheer
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Play 03 Where Had Meldrum Been? J. M. Smallheer
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Play 04 Mr. Clavering Has a Night of Adventure J. M. Smallheer
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Play 05 Mr. Robert Sylvester J. M. Smallheer
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Play 06 Mr. Clavering Invades the North Wing J. M. Smallheer
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Play 07 Surmises and Suspicions J. M. Smallheer
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Play 08 More Mystery J. M. Smallheer
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Play 09 Accusations J. M. Smallheer
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Play 10 Mavis J. M. Smallheer
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Play 11 The Clue of the Broken Crutch J. M. Smallheer
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Play 12 The Dressing-Table Drawer J. M. Smallheer
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Play 13 The Return of Robert Sylvester J. M. Smallheer
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Play 14 Portstead's Will J. M. Smallheer
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Play 15 Mr. Clavering Muddies His Boots J. M. Smallheer
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Play 16 A Game of Piquet J. M. Smallheer
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Play 17 Mr. Clavering Visits Wild Rose Villa J. M. Smallheer
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Play 18 Cross Purposes J. M. Smallheer
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Play 19 Thrust and Parry J. M. Smallheer
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Play 20 Under Fire J. M. Smallheer
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Play 21 Mary Grey Surprises Mr. Clavering J. M. Smallheer
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Play 22 The Missing Lady's Maid J. M. Smallheer
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Play 23 Mercedes Quero to the Fore J. M. Smallheer
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Play 24 ''The Sporting Baronet'' J. M. Smallheer
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Play 25 Mr. Clavering Learns More of Detective Methods J. M. Smallheer
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Play 26 The Confession J. M. Smallheer
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Play 27 Off for the Continent J. M. Smallheer
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