The Bartlett Mystery

Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928)

This is a fast-paced mystery, set in New York City, has two or three really interesting ("round") characters, a solid plot, no cheap plot-twists, two full-fledged sub/urban battles and some real surprises.

Winifred Bartlett, a beautiful and poor orphan, suddenly finds herself homeless and out of a job. Prince Charming (nee Rex Carshaw) comes on to her by accident and begins to take an interest. As strange, apparently unconnected disasters continue to batter poor Winnie, Rex and two police detectives (the most interesting characters in the book) probe the causes and forces threatening the dear girl's well-being and, ultimately, her very life and liberty. It turns out that it is Winifred's close resemblance to her mother, who died long ago in Vermont, that threatens certain powerful interests in contemporary (1913) New York.

An unusually large cast of bad guys - each with a different motive for getting rid of Winifred - includes a US Senator, and unsuccessful book binding supervisor, an influential NY society belle, and gun-slinging Western gangster "Mick the Wolf.” The mystery becomes increasingly complex with every new assault on the girl's well-being, and the efforts of the NY police and the ever-faithful Rex. - Summary by Kirsten Wever

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction, Romance

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1 - A Gathering at a Club Kirsten Wever
00:16:07
Play 02 Chapter 2 - A Daring Crime Kirsten Wever
00:17:08
Play 03 Chapter 3 - Winifred Bartlett Hears Something Kirsten Wever
00:21:20
Play 04 Chapter 4 - Further Surprises Kirsten Wever
00:21:05
Play 05 Chapter 5 - Prosecutors Kirsten Wever
00:20:18
Play 06 Chapter 6 - Brother Ralph Kirsten Wever
00:22:32
Play 07 Chapter 7 - Still Mere Mystery Kirsten Wever
00:17:05
Play 08 Chapter 8 - A Dream Face Kirsten Wever
00:16:37
Play 09 Chapter 9 - The Flight Kirsten Wever
00:21:01
Play 10 Chapter 10 - Carshaw Takes Up the Case Kirsten Wever
00:20:38
Play 11 Chapter 11 - The Two Cars Kirsten Wever
00:18:12
Play 12 Chapter 12 - The Pursuit Kirsten Wever
00:16:37
Play 13 Chapter 13 - The New Link Kirsten Wever
00:19:03
Play 14 Chapter 14 - A Subtle Attack Kirsten Wever
00:15:59
Play 15 Chapter 15 - The Visitor Kirsten Wever
00:12:30
Play 16 Chapter 16 - Winifred Drifts Kirsten Wever
00:15:44
Play 17 Chapter 17 - All Roads Lead to East Orange Kirsten Wever
00:16:45
Play 18 Chapter 18 - The Crash Kirsten Wever
00:20:15
Play 19 Chapter 19 - Clancy Explains Kirsten Wever
00:17:38
Play 20 Chapter 20 - In the Toils Kirsten Wever
00:16:29
Play 21 Chapter 21 - Mother and Son Kirsten Wever
00:15:29
Play 22 Chapter 22 - The Hunt Kirsten Wever
00:17:47
Play 23 Chapter 23 - "He Who Fights and Runs Away --" Kirsten Wever
00:19:38
Play 24 Chapter 24 - In Full Cry Kirsten Wever
00:16:50
Play 25 Chapter 25 - Flank Attacks Kirsten Wever
00:20:54
Play 26 Chapter 26 - The Biter Bit Kirsten Wever
00:17:16
Play 27 Chapter 27 - The Settlement Kirsten Wever
00:15:56