The Charing Cross Mystery

J. S. Fletcher (1863 - 1935)

Here's another intriguing mystery by J. S. Fletcher, centering on why a former high-level police official was murdered, and on whether - and if so how - the murder was linked to two glamorous and high-profile sisters, one of whose photo was found in the dead man's pocket. As usual, Fletcher creates a number of different detectives -- a lawyer, his assistant, several policemen, a police spy, and even the dead man's granddaughter -- following various lines of inquiry. These lines converge rapidly in the last few chapters, when the author lets the reader weave them together into a coherent whole: the solution to the mystery. Summary by Kirsten Wever

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Last Train East Kirsten Wever
00:19:35
Play 02 Whose Portrait is This Kirsten Wever
00:20:49
Play 03 The Potential Fortune Kirsten Wever
00:17:37
Play 04 The Diamond Necklace Kirsten Wever
00:20:01
Play 05 The Police Return Kirsten Wever
00:18:35
Play 06 Samples of Ink Kirsten Wever
00:21:41
Play 07 Black Velvet Kirsten Wever
00:21:42
Play 08 Fligwood's Rents Kirsten Wever
00:17:44
Play 09 The Medicine Bottle Kirsten Wever
00:18:46
Play 10 The Mysterious Visitor Kirsten Wever
00:22:54
Play 11 Lady Riversdale Kirsten Wever
00:22:05
Play 12 Alias "Madame Listorelle" Kirsten Wever
00:13:39
Play 13 Who Was She? Kirsten Wever
00:18:57
Play 14 Is it Blackmail? Kirsten Wever
00:21:19
Play 15 Revelations Kirsten Wever
00:21:40
Play 16 Still More Kirsten Wever
00:22:54
Play 17 The Torn Labels Kirsten Wever
00:19:39
Play 18 The Telegram Kirsten Wever
00:24:12
Play 19 The London Road Kirsten Wever
00:17:16
Play 20 Converging Tracks Kirsten Wever
00:19:49
Play 21 The Order in Writing Kirsten Wever
00:20:16
Play 22 The Highly Respectable Solicitor Kirsten Wever
00:18:42
Play 23 The Landlady of Little Smith Street Kirsten Wever
00:24:41
Play 24 The House in the Yard Kirsten Wever
00:18:45
Play 25 Dead! Kirsten Wever
00:15:50
Play 26 Waterloo Kirsten Wever
00:24:28
Play 27 The Assurance Kirsten Wever
00:18:29